c.1650 Duché de Savoie, 1/2 Soldo - Carlo Emanuele II

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

Country: Savoy (Italian states)
Grade: VF/F (Double Die Obverse) 
Type: Standard circulation coin
Year: Undated (1650-1675)
Value: 1/2 Soldo (1/40)
Currency: Lira
Metal: Billon
Weight: 2.1 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Shape: Round (irregular)
Orientation: Variable alignment ↺.
References: KM# 245

Obverse:
Young bust of Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy right.

Lettering: CAR • EM • [II • D • G • DVX • S]

Reverse:
Cross of Saint Maurice (trefoil).

Lettering: [PRI]N • PEDE[MON • REX • CYP]

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.

Référence : KM# 245

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