ME98096. Silver testone, CNI I p. 254, 65; Biaggi Piemontesi 536e (R6) Cudazzo 632b; Simonetti 50/7, aF, toned, tight flan, scratches, porosity, Turin mint, weight 7.626g, maximum diameter 27.4mm, die axis 270
o, 1583; obverse CAR • EM • D • G • DVX • SAB • P • PED (Carlos Emanuele Dei Gratia Dux Sabaudie et Princeps Piedmont), young bust, draped, cuirassed, with ruffled collar right; reverse AVXILIVM • MEVM • A DOMINO (The Lord is my helper), crowned shield arms of Savoy, 15T83 in exergue;
only three sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades - one specimen sold for over $21,434 plus fees;
very rare;
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