Savoy 1664 2 denari
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This specimen was lot 3189 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAVOY: Carlo Emanuele II, 1648-1675, AE 2 denari, 1664, scarce type in high grade with lovely original color, VF-XF. ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." This specimen was offered again as lot 2681 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $66. This scarce type has no photo in the SCWC. The duchy of Savoy was a poverty-stricken state subject to frequent foreign invasion and its coinage is scanty.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 2.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 273, MIR-829a, Biaggi-701a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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