Italy, House of Savoy, Carlo II, 1504-1553, Mi (billon) Grosso,
Type III, Aosta mint, Nicolo Vialardi, mintmaster
+ CAROLVS II DVX SABAVDIE,
crowned Savoy coat (shield) of arms, between 2 knots/
+ ET AVGVSTE PRE[TO?]RIE N V,
cross mauriziana, in quatrolobe
MIR (Varesi) 387d, Simonetti 57/4,
Biaggi 332a, Scarce (NC)
Posted March 2017
Italy, House of Savoy, Carlo II, 1504-1553, Mi (billon) Quarto di Savoia,
Type III, Chambery mint, 19 mm
+ KAROLVS DVX SABAVD,
gothic FERT/
+ IN TE DNE CONFIDO C P,
cross mauriziana
MIR (Varesi) 415c, Cudazzo 480c (R3),
Biaggi 357c, Rare (R1)
ex Ghiglione auction M65, lot #318
Posted December 2021
Note: On the obverse of this issue, the central device should be FERT. However, on this
particular specimen, it looks more like ERRI than FERT. This is strange.
Italy, House of Savoy, Carlo II of Savoy, "the good", 1504-1553, Mi (billon) Quarto di Piemonte(?),
no date, Type V (or XIV?), Torino(?) mint, 18 mm, 1.24g
+ KROLVS SECVNDVS DVX SABAVD,
large crowned K/
+ KBLASY ET AVGVSTE S R IMP PRI,
cross of 4 knots, F-E-R-T in quadrants
MIR (Varesi) 420, Cudazzo 492, Simonetti 84,
Biaggi 359, Scarce (NC)
Posted February 2021
