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Denier - Amadeus IV
| Issuer | County of Savoy (Savoy (France), French States) |
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| Year | 1233-1253 |
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| Reference(s) | Dy féodales#2586, MIR#34 |
| Obverse description | A plain cross pattée centered within a beaded inner circle, dividing the field into four equal quarters. The cross extends to the inner circle on all four sides, with slightly flared arms rendered in low relief characteristic of 13th-century Savoyard hammered coinage. Surrounding the inner circle, the Latin uncial legend reads ✠ AM COMES, identifying Count Amadeus of Savoy, with individual letters separated by small annulets or stars. The outer border is formed by a plain raised rim consistent with the irregular flan typical of medieval hammered deniers. |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ SABAVDIE |
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Amadeus IV consolidated Savoyard authority over the Alpine passes at a moment when trans-Alpine traffic — pilgrims, merchants, papal legates — was generating serious toll revenue. The county's right to strike silver coinage was both a fiscal instrument and a political declaration toward the competing claims of Burgundy and the Empire. His reign saw formal recognition of Savoy's coinage rights reinforced through treaties with neighboring lords who had previously disputed them.
MIR 34 is among the earlier documented Savoyard deniers with reasonably attributable iconographic continuity, though die variation within the type is substantial enough that specimens diverging from the plate coin remain common in trade.