THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

THE COLLECTOR SERIES
Legend—The description round the circle or circles
of a coin of the circumstances under which it was struck,
including the name and titles of the ruler, the name of
the city or province, the date, and the mint-mark. In
reading the legend, the ordinary rule is to begin at the
right hand of the cross or other symbol on the obverse of
a piece. The double circle was introduced in the gros
tournois of Louis IX. of France about 1250, perhaps
to afford space for particulars and to save abbreviations.
Leopard—An Anglo-Gallic coin. The animal de-
picted on the obverse appears to be more like a lion, so
far as it resembles either. A crowned leopard also
occurs on the English gold florin of Edward III.,
1343-44, and a leopard's head is one of the mint-
marks employed by the engraver or moneyer of his
Anglo-Gallic florin.
Lex—The monetary standard fixed by imperial or
other constituted authority. The convention-money
of the minor German states, and some of that of the
United Provinces, is stated to be Ad Legem Imperii.
The system was adopted for general commercial accom-
modation.
Lion, and the half—A billon coin struck in many
varieties by Edward I. of England at Bordeaux, Guessin,
&c.
Lion and half lion—(i.) A gold denomination of
Scotland under Robert II., James I., and James II.