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10 Scudi - Victor Amadeus I
| Issuer | Duchy of Savoy (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1635 |
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| Value | 10 Scudi |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays the elaborate quartered arms of Savoy, surmounted by a ducal crown, supported on either side by two rampant lions and flanked by decorative foliate or knot-work ornaments in the Savoyard tradition. The shield is encircled by an ornate decorative border of interlaced knotwork, itself surrounded by a circular Latin legend reading FOEDERE ET RELIGIONE TENEMVR, meaning 'We are bound by alliance and religion.' The entire composition is enclosed within an outer beaded border, reflecting the ambitious artistic standards of the Turin mint under Victor Amadeus I. |
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| Reverse lettering | FOEDERE ET RELIGIONE TENEMVR |
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Victor Amadeus I ruled Savoy under constant pressure from both France and Spain, his duchy squeezed between two empires fighting the Thirty Years' War across northern Italy. By 1635, France had formally entered the war and Cardinal Richelieu was aggressively courting Savoyard allegiance — a diplomatic reality almost certainly reflected in the timing of this large gold emission. Heavy multiple-scudi pieces of this type functioned as instruments of statecraft as much as currency, suitable for gifts, ransoms, and military payments.
Victor Amadeus died in 1637, leaving a two-year-old heir and a regency crisis that would destabilize the duchy for years.