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White Obol - Amedeus VIII
| Issuer | County of Savoy |
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| Year | 1398-1416 |
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| Value | 1 Obol (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ AMEDEVS COMES (Translation: Amedeus, count...) |
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| Mintage | ND (1398-1416) |
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Amedeus VIII ruled Savoy during a period of aggressive territorial consolidation, acquiring Piedmont in 1401 and ultimately elevating the county to a duchy in 1416 — the very year this issue's production ceased. The billon obol, fractional and low-value, would have circulated heavily among peasants and small traders throughout the Alpine passes that were Savoy's chief economic arteries.
Amedeus later abdicated in 1434 to live as a hermit at Ripaille, before being elected antipope Felix V in 1439 — the last antipope in Church history.