THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

THE COLLECTOR SERIES
form the so-called chatel on the gros, while the double
circle already occurs on Italian coins of the tenth
century.
Tressure—The ornamental enclosure containing the
type, found on many coins, especially gold, in the
French, Anglo-Gallic, and English series. The tressure
varies in the number of arcs or lobes, according to
circumstances.
Trklrachm—(i.) An ancient Greek denomination ;
comp. Drachma, (ii.) A three-drachma piece in the
Roman consular series, otherwise known as a quadr'i-
gatus.
Trouvaille— A find of coins, either in the open
ground or in vessels, or in secret or disused portions
of ancient buildings. Excavations for public works
or archaeological research have proved the two most
fruitful sources of addition to our knowledge of the
currencies of all ages. The most important finds in
England have been those in Jersey, 1820, of Gaulish
money mixed up with some British and with Roman
denarii, &c. ; at Hexham in 1833 of Northumbrian
stycas, &c. ; at Beaworth, in Hampshire, in 1837, of
pennies of William I. ; and at Cuerdale in 1840 of a
most remarkable and extensive variety of Anglo-Saxon
and Carolingian coins, ingots, &c. But numberless
other minor discoveries of small parcels or isolated
pieces have tended in that country as well as abroad,
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