Picta Publique Deposited
A base silver coin of Savoy of the value of half of the Obole. It was introduced under Count Aimon (1329-1343), and is mentioned as late as the middle of the fifteenth century. The Pitta Genovese was half of the Danaro. Du Cange cites an ordinance of 1599, in which the term Picta is used synony- mously. See Pogesia.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)