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2 Denari - Vittorio Amadeo III
| Issuer | Kingdom of Sardinia |
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| Year | 1773-1796 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a bold Greek cross of Savoy with stepped terminals, occupying most of the flan. The cross is rendered in high relief against a flat field. Surrounding the cross, a continuous Latin legend reads VIC. AM. D. G. R. SAR. CYP. ET. IER. D. SAB. ET. MF. P. P., denoting Vittorio Amadeo III by the grace of God King of Sardinia, Cyprus and Jerusalem, Duke of Savoy and Montferrat, Prince of Piedmont. The legend is separated from the cross by a plain inner border, with a milled rim encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Vittorio Amadeo III inherited a kingdom already strained by debt from his father Carlo Emanuele III's wars, and his reign ended in outright catastrophe — the Treaty of Paris in 1796 forced Sardinia to cede Savoy and Nice to revolutionary France. These small copper pieces circulated through decades of mounting fiscal pressure, and by the final years of the series the Savoyard monetary system was effectively collapsing under wartime requisitions and French-imposed terms.