Maille - Charles III 3rd type
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Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Savoy
(Savoy (France), French States)
 |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Charles III (1504-1553)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1504-1553 |
| Value | 1 Maille (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Livre |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 0.62 g |
| Diameter | 17 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 139998 |
| References | MIR# 456 Numismatica Varesi (publisher). Monete Italiane Regionali. Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy (18 volumes). Elio Biaggi; 1992. Monete e zecche medievali italiane: dal sec. VIII al sec. XV. Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro), Turin, Italy. |
Obverse
Savoy shield.
Script: Latin
Lettering: + KARLOVS + DVX S
Unabridged legend: Karolus dux Sabaudiae
Translation: Charles, duke of Savoy...
Reverse
Indented cross, confined to the 1 or 2 of a crosslet.
Script: Latin
Lettering: + MAR + IN + IT + P + G + G
Unabridged legend: Marchio in Italia Princeps G.G.
Translation: ... marquis and prince in Italy; Henri Goulaz.
Mint
| G | Cornavin, modern-day Geneva, Switzerland |
Comments
As for his whole coinage, this coin is struck under the name of Charles II who did not consider his predecessor as having held the title before dying at the age 8.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1504-1553) G | G: Henri Goulaz | ||||||||||||||
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