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1 Doppia - Charles Emmanuel III
| Issuer | Piedmont-Sardinia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1741-1742 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned, squarish quartered shield of manifold arms occupies the center of the field, featuring the central escutcheon of Savoy with the white cross on a red ground and the Savoyard eagle. The shield is encircled by the collar and badge of a chivalric order. The surrounding legend in abbreviated Latin proclaims the ruler's additional titles as Duke of Savoy and Montferrat and Prince of Piedmont. The composition is executed in a precise, heraldic style typical of Italian Baroque royal coinage. |
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Charles Emmanuel III issued the Doppia series during a period of calculated dynastic maneuvering — he had acquired the Kingdom of Sardinia through the Treaty of London in 1720, and spent the following decades leveraging it as a bargaining chip in the War of the Austrian Succession, which broke out in 1740. Piedmont-Sardinian coinage of this period reflects a treasury under genuine military strain, as Charles Emmanuel fought on both sides of the conflict at different junctures, switching alliance from Austria to France and back again.
The 1741–1742 dating places this piece at the height of that campaigning, specifically during operations in northern Italy against Spanish and French forces in Lombardy.