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Obol - Aymon
| Issuer | County of Savoy (Savoy (France), French States) |
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| Year | 1329-1343 |
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| Value | 1 Obol (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse lettering | A ✠ ImO COmES |
| Reverse description | A bold cross pattée divides the reverse field into four quarters, with a pellet or small globule placed in two opposing quarters, a decorative arrangement common to Savoyard petty coinage of the period. The cross is contained within a plain inner circle, surrounded by the peripheral Latin legend SABAVDIE, denoting the County of Savoy. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with hammered billon production of the early 14th century. |
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Aymon of Savoy, count from 1329 until his death in 1343, issued this small billon piece during a reign defined largely by dynastic consolidation and military entanglement with the Dauphiné. The county's monetary output under Aymon was modest, and the obol — the half-denier unit — represents the lowest practical denomination of daily exchange in the Savoyard market economy of the period.
Biaggi's census suggests genuine scarcity for surviving examples, a consequence of both the coin's negligible intrinsic value and the rough handling inevitable for the smallest denomination in active use.