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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 7909557, member: 91771&quot;][ATTACH=full]1365383[/ATTACH] </p><p>House of Savoy-Emanuele Filiberto (1553-1580)</p><p>Lira of 3 for Scudo 1562 - Mint: Chambéry - Obverse: armored bust of the Duke on the right - Reverse: legend on two lines within an oak crown - gr. 12.37 - Hole due to a minting defect, otherwise better than BB (CNI I / 200/101) (Sim. N. 32/4) (Ravegnani III / 148/7)</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the iconic Savoy coins, the Instar Omnium Lira is known in Pietmontese as the &quot;Testa d &#039;fer&quot;. The obverse shows a magnificent armored and draped bust of the Duke, while the reverse has the motto INSTAR OMNIVM, surrounded by an oak wreath. They were minted in Aosta (or Asti?), Bourg en Bresse, Chambery, Nice, Turin, Vercelli and perhaps another unidentified Savoyard mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>The dies for the coin were engraved by the great medallist Alessandro Cesati, who was commissioned by Emanuele Filiberto as part of his currency reform. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The motto translates to &quot;Equal for all.&quot; It is likely inspired by a line from Cicero (&quot;Brutus&quot;, 191) where he writes &quot;Plato mihi unus instar est omnium&quot; (&quot;Plato by himself is in my eyes worth them all&quot;).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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