W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

82 The Coins of Europe
Vettore Emmanuele as King of Italy, 1860 the
; 20, 10, and 5 lire in
gold the lira and 2 lire in silver
; ;
the 40 and 20 centesimi in copper with
a silver centre; and the soldo in copper (dated 1861). An early peculiarity
of the coins, which was followed elsewhere, is the separation of the
last letter of the name Bononia from the rest, and its
assignment to the
centre of the piece; we see it in a danaro of the nth c., with the name
of the Emperor Henry V. (i 106-25) on obv. and Bononi A. on rev. Comp.
Antignate.
Bolsivcrd, a mint of the Counts of West Friesland, 1038-90. There
is a double groat struck here, with the date 1478. Sch., Cat. vii. 239.
Bodlinivert.
Jjommel, one of the mints of the Dukes of Burgundy as Dukes of
Gueldres, I5th c. Also one for a local coinage, and for money struck
during a siege by the Spaniards, 1599 (a J gulden, a stuiver or sol, and
a dute or doit). The piece exists in silver and tin, both on a square
flan ;
the second is in silver mint mark, a pomegranate and the last
;
in copper. There are two varieties of a piece of 2 stuivers and a ^
thaler.
Bandar oi,
near Pithiviers, a seigneurie ceded by Philip le Bel to Hugues
de Bonville in exchange for Chapelle-la-Reine, with the right of coinage.
Bonn, Prussia, a mint of the Kings of Austrasia (Bo.\ and possibly
the Bona which appears on the reverse of a denier of the Emperor Henry
II., 1002-24. Some coins bear Beata Verona Vinces. Also a seat of
coinage of some of the earlier Bishops of Cologne, I4th c. During the
siege by Ernst of Bavaria and the Spaniards in 1583, a thaler, with the
i and j, bearing the arms of the See of Cologne, was issued.
Borbeck, Rhenish Prussia, a place of coinage of the Abbey of Essen
(1459-89). Comp. Essen.
Bordeaux, one of the chief centres of the Visigothic kingdom and of
the independent duchy of Gascony. It was a mint at least from the 8thc.
The most ancient pieces appear to be those bearing Leutario and
Burdegal; their attribution is uncertain. Others read Lodoicus, supposed
Young, 936-54. B. was a prominent
seat of the Anglo-Gallic coinage, as well as of the Kings of France as
Dukes of Aquitaine, and an occasional one of the later French monarchs.
In 1186, Richard Coeurde Lion gave to the chapter of St. Andre at Bordeaux
a third of the revenue of his mint there ;
the right was bought by
the Crown only in 1709.
Borgo di San Scpolcro or Sabourg, near San Remo, the apparent place
of origin of certain money of the I7th c., struck here by the authority of
the Abbot of Saint Honorat de Lerins, on the coast of Provence, pursuant
to a grant of the sovereignty of Borgo by the Comte de Ventimiglia as far
back as 954. There may have been other and earlier examples; but only
pieces of 1669 and 1671 appear to be known, with Monast. Lerincnse.
P\rinceps\ Sepvl. and svb innbra sedi, etc. The coinage was suppressed
in 1686.
Borgonuowo della Roccfietta, a place of coinage of the Spinola family,
1669.
Borgo San Stefano, a place of coinage of the Doria family, 1668.
Borgo-Taro, Parma, a mint of the princely family of Landi, i6th c.
There are quattrini in copper of Federico, the fifth prince, with D. Fed.
Land. V. Tari. Comp. Bardi and Coinpiano.
Borne, Overijssel, a seigniorial mint of the I4th c. with Dns. Born.
or H. van Borne.