¼ Groschen - Louis I
Obverse © pfouque
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Savoy
(Savoy (France), French States)
 |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Louis I (1440-1465)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1440-1465 |
| Value | ¼ Groschen (1⁄80) |
| Currency | Livre |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 0.8 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 25466 |
| References | Boudeau# 1135 Élie Boudeau. Monnaies Françaises Provinciales (4 volumes). Numismatica Varesi (publisher). Monete Italiane Regionali. Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy (18 volumes). Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann. Der neue HMZ-Katalog. Band 1 - Die Münzen der Schweiz : Antike bis Mittelalter. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). Elio Biaggi; 1992. Monete e zecche medievali italiane: dal sec. VIII al sec. XV. Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro), Turin, Italy. Jean Duplessy. Les monnaies françaises féodales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Plan cross in a double frame.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: ✠ LVDOVIC`: D: SABAV
Lettering (regular font): ✠ LVDOVIC`: D: SABAV
Unabridged legend: Ludovicus Dux Sabaudiae
Translation: Louis, duke of Savoy.
Reverse
The Savoy motto FERT, in gothic style. Double parallel line above and below.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering:
✠ PRINCEPS ✥ IMPE: ET
FERT
Lettering (regular font):
✠ PRINCEPS ✥ IMPE: ET
FERT
Unabridged legend:
Princeps Imperator Etcaetera
Foedere Et Religione Tenerum
Translation:
Prince, Emperor, etc.
Through unity and religion we are bind.
Mints
| Bourg, modern-day Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France | |
| Cornavin, modern-day Geneva, Switzerland |
Comments
FERT refers to the motto of the House of Savoy; its exact meaning remains subject to debate.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ⁑ | 
|
Cornavin - Bartolomeo di Castelnuovo | |||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ★ | Bourg - Antonio Fabri | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ♂ | Cornavin - Bartolomeo di Castelnuovo | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ✖ | Cornavin - Bartolomeo di Castelnuovo | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ✚ | Cornavin - Francesco Garino | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ✠ | Cornavin - Francesco Garino | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ✥ | Cornavin - Francesco Garino | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ✷ | Bourg - Antonio Fabri | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ✿ | Cornavin - Francesco Garino | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) Ѻ | unknown mint and engraver | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) ☘ | unknown mint and engraver | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) 🪢 | Cornavin - Bartolomeo di Castelnuovo | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1440-1465) 🌷 | unknown mint and engraver | ||||||||||||||
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