ITALY. SAVOY. Vittorio Amedeo II, 1675-1730.
Silver Medal, 1706. Turin.
By Georg Hautsch, on the Siege of Turin by the French army.
During the 1706 War of Spanish Succession, 44,000 French troops besieged Turin's citadel, defended by 10,500 Savoy soldiers. The siege lasted from May 14 to September 7, when Prince Eugene and Duke Vittorio Amedeo II's forces drove the French into retreat.
Obv.:: VICTOR AMADEVS II D G DVX SABAV PRINC PIEMont. REX CYPRI Bust right
Rev.: GALLIS PROFLIGAT VALLO PERRVPTO CASTRIS CVM RE TORMENTAR DIREPTIS; view of the city and its ramparts, Victory in flight to the left carrying a crown to the Po lying on the right.

In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 61, certification number 2109893-041.

Ex Kunker 98 (2005), lot 5191.

Reference: Julius 693, Mont. 1302
Diameter: 43 mm.
Weight: 30 g.
Composition: Silver.

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