Duché de Savoie, 1/2 Soldo 1648 - Carlo Emanuele II

Duchy of Savoy, Carlo Emanuele II (1634-1638-1675✟)

Country: Savoy (Italian states)
Grade: VF25 (Recoined on 1 Soldo 1649) 
Type: Standard circulation coin
Year: 1648 (1648-1650)
Value: 1/2 Soldo (1/40)
Currency: Lira
Metal: Billon
Weight: 1.8 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Shape: Round (irregular)
Orientation: Variable alignment ↺.
References: KM# 225

Obverse:
Young bust of Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy right. His titles around. (incorrect caption due to overstrike).

Lettering: CAR EM DG CYP X SAB

Reverse:
Cross of Saint Maurice (trefoil).

Lettering: PRIN • PEDEMON • REX • CYP 1648

( "[IN TE] DOMINE / PEDEMON [CONFIDO 1641]" )

Edge: 
Smooth.

Comments:
Charles Emmanuel II (Italian: Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia); 20 June 1634 – 12 June 1675) was the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine of France until 1648. He was also Marquis of Saluzzo, Count of Aosta, Geneva, Moriana and Nice, as well as claimant king of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia. At his death in 1675 his second wife Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours acted as Regent for their nine-year-old son.

Referenz : KM# 225

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Sammlung : Italian States - Pre Risorgimento (1250-1861) & Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Republic (1946-date)