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4 Grossi - Charles Emmanuel I
| Issuer | Savoy, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1611-1618 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | At center, a bold cross with trefoil terminations occupies the reverse field, a design emblematic of the Christian devotional iconography favored by the House of Savoy. The surrounding circumferential legend reads IN. TE. DOMINE. CONFIDO, meaning 'In Thee, O Lord, I trust,' a motto closely associated with Charles Emmanuel I. The date appears at the end of the legend, varying across the emission years 1611 to 1618. The trefoil cross ends are rendered with consistent precision characteristic of Savoyard billon coinage of the period. The composition is austere and heraldically formal, with the legend punctuated by periods in the standard manner of the era. |
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| Mintage | 1611 - - 1618 - - |
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Charles Emmanuel I spent much of his reign overextended militarily, pursuing claims to the French throne through his wife Catherine Michela of Spain and entangling Savoy in the Wars of Montferrat. The billon issues of this period reflect a treasury under sustained strain — debasement was a fiscal tool as much as a monetary one, and the grossi coinage absorbed repeated reductions in silver content across the 1610s.