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

Catalogue of European Mints 93
varieties of the silver piece of 1730 with Signvm Senatoris. At the Reinmann
sale, 1891-92, Part ii.,
No. 6424, a doppelthaler klippe of Cologne
without date, of the Ursula type, fetched 1350 marks.
Cclos- Var, or Clausenburg, a Transylvanian mint under the independent
waiwodes. C. V.
Como, an autonomous and imperial mint,
1 2th- 1
4th c. Also a place
of coinage of the Rusca and Visconti families. There is a danaro of
Azzo Visconti (1335-39) struck here with Azo Vicecom. on obv., and
on rev. Cvmanvs. Other pieces bear Cvmis or Cvmarvm.
Compiano, Parma, a mint of the Landi, Princes of Bardi, etc., i6th c.
Closed in 1630.
Compiegne, the place of origin of a denier of Louis VI. (1108-37) with
Cinnpiene. Doubtless there was a mint at the castle ;
and it
may have
been one of the sources of the Carlovingian money from Charles le
Chauve, including the pieces with Conpendio palatio, and that formerly
ascribed to Corbeny in the Laonais. See Poey D'Avant, in, 349,
355-
Cdftflans, Moselle, the name found on certain
coins of the I3th c.
anonymous episcopal
Coni or Cuneuin, Sardinia, the place of origin of a very rare siegepiece
in gold, struck in 1641 by the Duke of Savoy, with Civitas Cvnei
S. Obsessa.
Constantinople, a mint of the Eastern Empire, 4th-i3th, I3th-i5th c.,
possibly of the Latin emperors of Constantinople, 1204-60, and of the
Grand Signiors or Sultans of Turkey. Its known products scarcely fall
within the scope of the present undertaking. No coins which can be confidently
ascribed to Baldwin I. and his successors exist.
Constanz, grand-duchy of Baden, the place of origin of the greater
part of the coinage of the prince-bishops down to the present century.
compare Cat. Cisternes, 1892, Part i.,
No. 2055. The most ancient
money is that of Bishop Ruthard (1018-22). Constansia or Constanciens.
Copenhagen, the mint of the rulers of Denmark. There is a piece of
6 pfenningen (German currency) struck here in 1524. Hafnie. Copenhagen,
during the siege by the Swedes in 1659, struck with the cypher
of Frederic III. of Denmark pieces of 6 and 20 ducats in gold and 4
marks in silver.
Corbeil, Seine-et-Oise, a very ancient place and seat of coinage.
There is a denier of Bouchard I., son of Foulques le Bon, Count of
Anjou, struck here, with Bvchardvs Co, and the name of Raoul, King of
France, 923-56.
Corbeny, Laonais.
See Compicgne.
Corbie, Dept. of Somme, an abbatial mint of some importance from
the nth to the I3th c. At one period the abbots placed the name of the
sovereign on their money, as Hodo Rex F., and on rev. Set Petri Mot.
[money of St. Peter] but they subsequently abandoned the practice.
;
In 1185 Philip Augustus recognised the free currency of this coinage
subject to the abbey not interfering with the regal money. Cenob. Corbeie,
Abbas Corbeie, etc. The only document relative to this institution,
founded in 662 by Clotaire, is the one of 1085 regulating the mint.
Cordova, a mint of the Caliphs of Damascus and Cordova, ist and
2nd c. A.D., and of the Visigothic Kings (Corduba Patricia). Some of the
money of the former carries evidence of having been struck in Africa (at
Tunis, Fez, etc.) or in Minorca.
Cotfu, doubtless a mint of the Latin Princes of Achaia, Lords of