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4 Scudi - Francesco Hyacinth
| Issuer | Savoy, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1637-1638 |
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| Value | 4 Scudi (36) |
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| Obverse description | Accolated busts of Duke Francesco Giacinto and his mother Christine Marie of France conjoined to right, the mother positioned behind and slightly overlapping the young duke, both draped; the duke shown as a child with curled hair. A beaded border frames the composition, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | +CHR. FR. FR. HYAC. DVCES. SABAV. P. P. PED. R. R. CYPRI. |
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Francesco Giacinto — Francesco Hyacinth — reigned for less than a year, dying in October 1638 at age four. His mother, Christine of France, a daughter of Henri IV, governed as regent and was the effective authority behind any coinage struck in his name. The 4 Scudi issue is essentially a regent's coin wearing a child's name.
The Duchy was under sustained French pressure throughout this period, Christine's regency contested by her brothers-in-law Thomas Francis and Cardinal Maurice of Savoy, who sought Spanish backing to displace her. Coins struck during this window are genuinely scarce by circumstance rather than collector mythology — production was not a priority in a court fighting for its own survival.