Fert Público Deposited
A gold coin of Savoy struck by Duke Lodovico (1439-1465). It is supposed to have received its name from the initial letters of the motto Fortitudo Eius Rhodum Tenuit, which was used by the family since the thirteenth century. Mrs. Bury Palisser, in Historic Devices, 1870 (p. 230), demolishes the story of the defense of Rhodes by Amedeus IV (1232-1253).
On a ten Scudi d'Oro of Victor Amedeus I (1630-1637) the legend reads Foedere et Religione Tenemur. Both the Scudo d'Oro and the Testone of Carlo II (1504-1553), struck at Nizza, Aosta, etc., have on the reverse a shield dividing the letters FE-RT. Conf. also Forte.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)