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4 Scudi - Victor Amadeus I
| Issuer | Duchy of Savoy (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1633-1634 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | V. AMEDEVS. D. G. DVX. SABAVDIÆ. 1633 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Victor Amadeus I ruled Savoy for only nine years before dying in 1637, leaving his duchy in the hands of a regent amid French encroachment and dynastic instability. His gold coinage of the early 1630s was struck at a moment when Savoy was navigating the brutal crosscurrents of the Thirty Years' War — nominally allied with France under Richelieu while desperately protecting what remained of its territorial sovereignty along the Alpine frontier.
The two-year production window for this type is narrow enough that survivors are genuinely scarce. MIR 702 distinguishes at least one die variant within the series.