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Obol - Amadeus VIII
| Issuer | County of Savoy (Savoy (France), French States) |
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| Year | 1391-1416 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Reverse lettering | mEDEVS |
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Amadeus VIII inherited the county at age eight in 1391, governed initially under regency, and spent much of his early reign consolidating territories fractured by decades of competing claims. He would eventually become the first Duke of Savoy in 1416 — the terminal date of this issue — after Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund elevated the county at the Congress of Constance. That elevation effectively ended the political conditions under which this denomination was struck.
Billon obols of this period circulated hard in alpine markets and toll crossings, where small change mattered more than prestige.