Obol with shield - Amedeus VI

Amedeus VI — the "Green Count," named for the color worn at a 1348 tournament — ruled Savoy through one of the most turbulent stretches of the fourteenth century, navigating plague, dynastic wars with the Visconti, and repeated interventions in Byzantine succession politics. This obol circulated during a period when Savoyard billon coinage was being systematically debased across the region, a chronic problem for small-denomination issues that were perpetually squeezed between commodity silver prices and the practical ceiling of what a half-penny-equivalent could actually buy.