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Savoy Soldo - which variant?

Started by carpatic, January 13, 2023, 08:14:18 PM

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carpatic

Hi. I appreciate your help in identifying this one
1.53g, I believe that is a soldo of Charles Emmanuel I, or Emmanuel Philibert, since I cannot distinguish the letters on the right of the shield
The dated variants should have the digits around the cross. Mine does not have them, but it has a mintmark, you can clearly see a T below the shield.
Could we ID it?
Thanks!

andyg

T is Turin mint, but this looks crude enough to be an "official" copy from another of the states.

I did find this one - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces57166.html
always willing to trade modern UK coins for modern coins from elsewhere....

carpatic

Thanks Andyg.
The KM# 122 has decorations in the angles of the cross, which are not present on mine.
But may be a "variant" of it?
Here it says that variants exist:
https://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/122215-1_Soldo_Vittorio_Amedeo_I-Savoy-Italian_States
I cannot read the name of the ruler on the obverse, which would narrow down our identification work