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Blanchet - Amadeus VIII
| Issuer | Duchy of Savoy (Savoy (France), French States) |
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| Year | 1416-1440 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A large Gothic capital letter S occupies the central field, enclosed within a plain inner circle surrounded by a beaded border. The surrounding legend, rendered in uncial script, reads AMEDEVS DVX. The overall style is characteristic of late medieval hammered billon coinage of the Savoyard principality. |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross pattée with splayed, cross-ended terminals is centered within a plain inner circle surrounded by a beaded border. The four arms of the cross divide the field into quadrants. The peripheral legend in uncial script reads SABAVDIE, identifying the issuing territory of Savoy. |
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Amadeus VIII ruled Savoy for decades before making one of the more unusual exits in medieval European history: in 1434 he withdrew to a hermitage at Ripaille on Lake Geneva, ostensibly renouncing worldly affairs, yet continued to govern through proxies. The Council of Basel then elected him antipope Felix V in 1439 — the last antipope in Western Church history — a role he held until 1449. These blanchet span that entire arc of ambition dressed as piety.