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Obol of Viennois - Amadeus IX
| Issuer | Duchy of Savoy (Savoy (France), French States) |
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| Year | 1465-1472 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a knotted rope (the Gordian knot), a heraldic emblem associated with the House of Savoy, set within the field. The surrounding legend in uncial Latin characters reads AMEDЕВS DVX, identifying the issuer as Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy. The flan is irregular in shape, characteristic of hammered coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Amadeus IX, who ruled Viennois as Dauphin under Savoyard authority during this period, suffered from severe epilepsy — a condition that progressively incapacitated him and left effective governance largely in the hands of his wife, Yolanda of France. The obol's narrow date window reflects the political instability of his reign rather than any deliberate monetary reform.
The Dy féodales reference 2729 places this among the feudal issues catalogued by Duplessy, where Savoyard fractional silver of this era is consistently underrepresented in surviving collections.