Arminius Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 One of the loosers after the "winds of change" swept throug Europe, following the French revolution: Italy, Savoia-Sardegna, Vittorio Amadeo III. (1773-1796), Torino mint, 1794 AD., 10 Soldi, Billon (21 mm / 2,91 g), Ag 0,290 Obv.: VICT. AMED. D. G. REX. SARD. / 1794 , his bust facing right. Rev.: DUX. SABAUD. - PRINC PED (rose). / SOL • 10 • , shield of arms - scudo inquartato coronato con aquila sabauda in cuore, intorno, seguito da rosetta con in basso il valore. Simonetti II, 221, 14/1 ; KM 56 . Victor Amadeus III (Italian Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia June 26, 1726 – October 16, 1796) was king of Sardinia, prince de Piémont and duc de Savoie. Born in Turin, he was a son of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and his second wife Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg. Having succeeded his father in 1773, he soon started works of improvements in the port of Nice, and had dams in the Arce and the road of the Côte built. During in the Napoleonic Wars, his troops were defeated by the French at the Battle of Millesimo (April 13, 1796). Victor Amadeus was therefore forced to sign the Treaty of Paris, by which he ceded the fortress of Cuneo, Ceva, Alessandria and Tortona to France, and allowed free passage of the latter's armies towards Italy. He was also compelled to cede Nice and Savoy. He died soon thereafter in the Castle of Moncalieri. - just a thought: there is much likeness Victor Amadeus - Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 – 1791), both captives of their era. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 A beautiful example. The nature of the Sardinian coinage was that the bust probably wore flat before any coin left the mint. Anything that you can actually see details on might as well be called UNC. Piedmont was one of Napoleon's earliest opponents and had they been able to stop him the subsequent history of Europe would have changed dramatically. It's hard to believe he would have risen to Emperor if he had received a setback that early. So the results between Napoleon and Victor were sort of either / or. One of them was going to end up seriously disappointed and it turned out to be Victor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 A beautiful example. The nature of the Sardinian coinage was that the bust probably wore flat before any coin left the mint. Anything that you can actually see details on might as well be called UNC. This was one of those cases when during editing of the picture you see that there can be more to lay open - with a risk to destroy. Fortunately the procedure only went in the positive direction and i was rather astonished about the datails after cleaning that "slug". The picture shows the original state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Orc Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 You realy have done a good job on that and a great bit of history to go with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I have a few of his ancestors who became Kings of Italy Nice coin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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