Denier - Amadeus VI imitating Lausanne type

Amadeus VI — the "Green Count" — struck these deniers in deliberate imitation of the Lausanne episcopal coinage, a calculated monetary strategy in a region where the Bishop of Lausanne's currency had long dominated local trade. By mimicking an established and trusted type, Savoy could ease its own coin into circulation without resistance. The deception was practical rather than fraudulent by contemporary standards; such imitative issues were a routine instrument of feudal monetary competition across the western Alps.

The Lausanne originals they copy date from episcopal issues that predate Amadeus VI's reign by generations, which can make attribution tricky when both types circulate together in hoards.