fwo_748743 - SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - LOUIS Petit blanc (bianchetto) n.d. Cornavin
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Price : 500.00 €
Type : Petit blanc (bianchetto)
Date: (20 août 1449)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Cornavin
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 1 d. 12 gr. ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,06 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce petit blanc est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LVDOVICVS (MM) DVX.
Obverse description : Écu de Savoie.
Obverse translation : (Louis, duc).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SABAVDIE, .
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (de Savoie).
Historical background
SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - LOUIS
(1440-1465)
He is the youngest son of Duke Amédée VIII and Marie-Claude de Bourgogne. He was born in 1413. In 1431, following the premature death of his brother, Amadeus VIII named him crown prince. In February 1433, he married, in Nicosia, Anne de Lusignan, daughter of the King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. He became Duke of Savoy in 1440, after his father's abdication. He died on January 29, 1465 in Lyon. His son Amédée IX succeeded him.
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