Savoy 1664 2 denari

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3189

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 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.

Source:

• 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.

Links to:

• 1663 10 scudi d'oro
• 1677 mezza doppia
• Coins and currency dated 1664