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Groschen of Piedmont - Amadeus V
| Issuer | County of Savoy |
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| Year | 1285-1323 |
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| Currency | Livre |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Avigliana, Italy Susa, Italy |
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Amadeus V "the Great" transformed Savoy from a fragmented Alpine lordship into a coherent territorial power, and his monetary program was a deliberate instrument of that consolidation. The groschen type was adopted in direct response to the commercial dominance of French and Italian regional coinages — local merchants needed a competitive silver denomination that could circulate credibly beyond Savoyard borders.
Amadeus died in 1323 having negotiated the acquisition of the Vaud, married into the Angevin orbit, and aligned Savoy with the papacy at Avignon. The coinage outlasted several of those alliances.