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White Maille - Amadeus VI
| Issuer | County of Savoy (Savoy (France), French States) |
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| Year | 1343-1383 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the shield of Savoy — quartered by a plain cross — set within a quadrilobe frame, with a single five-petalled rosette surmounting the chief of the shield at the top of the quadrilobe. The shield is rendered in relief with clear linear definition, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend runs clockwise in uncial Gothic characters, separated by small mullets serving as word dividers. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Amadeus VI — the "Green Count," named for the color he wore at a celebrated 1353 tournament — ruled Savoy through a period of aggressive territorial consolidation, pushing the county's borders toward the Alps and into Piedmont. His monetary policy followed the same logic: standardizing coinage across a patchwork of recently absorbed lordships that had each previously struck their own issues. The white maille was part of that rationalization, circulating through markets from Geneva to Turin under a single Savoyard authority.
The forty-year bracket on this issue reflects genuine minting continuity rather than scholarly uncertainty — Amadeus VI's reign ran from 1343 to his death in 1383 on campaign in southern Italy.