THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

THE COLLECTOR SERIES
leading phrases are explained under their respective
heads.
Hibemia—The name said to have been given to the
overstruck Limerick halfpenny of James II. of England.
Hieromnemon—Presumably a remembrancer of the
ancient Greek religious ceremonies. The name occurs
on a coin of the Emperor Verus struck at Byzantium.
High Priest—An officer whose name is found on
a coin of Eumenia in Phrygia. Comp. Priest and
Priestess.
Hard dollar or cob—The Spanish duro.
HardJiead—See Lion.
Harrington, or rather Harington—The popular
name for the farthing tokens in copper when they were
struck under James I., from John, Lord Harington of
Exton, the patentee. The piece continued to be in
circulation for many years after Harington's death in
1613-14.
Hat-piece—A gold piece representing King James
VI., wearing a tall hat, struck in 1591-92 (5th
coinage). It is rare.
Ilipa Magna—A town of the Turtuli, on the Bcetis,
Hispania Bcetica, of which there are bronze coins of the
Roman era with a fish to right on obverse, surmounted
by a crescent, and below ilipense a in two lines, the
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