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

94 The Coins of Europe
Corfu. A coin of Philip of Tarentum, 1307-13, has on rev. Corfoi
Domini's.
Corinth, a mint of the Princes of Achaia (1205-1404), established
there after the Fourth Crusade. There are small silver pieces of the
denier and obole module bearing Corintinn or Corinti.
Cornavin, near Geneva, a Savoyard mint, 1448-1530.
Correggio, near Modena, the seat of the coinage of the feudal counts
and princes down to the lyth c. (1550-1630). Co. Cor. or Corrigii.
Corte. the capital of the island of Corsica, the place of origin of
certain coins in silver and bronze of Theodore, King of Corsica, 1736, and
of General Pasquale Paoli, president of the republic established here from
1755 to 1769. The former struck a silver scudo and pieces of 5 and 2
soldi in copper, as well as siege-pieces of 20 soldi in silver, bearing
the cap of liberty on the point of a sword and the word Libertas. The
latter had 20 and 10 soldi in silver and 4 and 2 in copper.
Cortemiglia, Sardinia, a mint of the Del Carretto family, feudal lords
in the I4th c. They struck the gold fiorino and the grosso and imperiate
in silver. A member of this house, Fabrizio del Carretto, was Grand
Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem at Rhodes (1513-21).
Corunna, a Portuguese mint. Cr-v.
Corvey, Prussia, in the regency of Minden, the seat of an abbatial
mint in the 1
5th- 8th A 1 c. thaler with the portrait of St. Vitus is cited
by Sch., xii. 840, and a grosch of Theodor von Berninghausen, 1613, ibid.
xx. 1127. There is a pfenning of 1704, in which the abbot describes
himself as a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Corbeia, Corbir. But
comp. Horohausen.
Cosfeld. See Coesfeltt.
Coucy-le-Chateau, Dept. of Aisne, a seigniorial fief in the loth-nth c.,
and in the I3th (1242-50) in the occupation of the celebrated Kaoul de
Coucy, who struck deniers with Radulfus and a cross on obv., and
Cociacus on rev.
Cracow, Western Galicia, the place of coinage of certain denarii
during the dissensions in Poland, 1 3th- 1 4th c., with the head of a prince
on obv., and three figures on rev. supposed to represent the reigning
duke and his brothers. It was also a mint of Casimir the Great, 1333-70,
and of the limited coinage of the former republic. It is said that there
are silver pieces struck here in 1829 with the bust of Napoleon II. as
King of Poland.
Creina, a seigniorial fief of the Benzone family,
1
5th c. There is a
silver soldino of Giorgio Benzone, 1405-14, with Georgivs Benzonvs
on obv. and a shield of arms, and on rev. Dominvs Cremc Et C. [etc.].
At the Remedi sale, 1884, a specimen sold for 100 lire.
Cremona, a republican mint (nth-i4th c.) with the name of St.
Imerius or the Emperor, subsequently of the Visconti and Fondulo
families, and of the house of Sforza-Visconti, Dukes of Milan (i4th-i5th
c.). There is a siege-piece in copper of 1526, during an investiture by
Charles V., with Fortitvdo mea in Brae, (an arm holding up a ball), and
on rev. the figure of St. Imerius and S. Imerivs Epis.
Cremsier, a mint of the Bishops of Olmiitz, i6th-i9th c.
Crespy, or Crepy, near Troyes, the source of an early denier, loth or
nth c., probably of a Count of Champagne, with Trecassi Civi. on obv.,
and the monogram of Charles and Critpeis Citao on rev., and the seat of
the coinage of Philippe d'Alsace, Count of Valois jure tixoris, Matthieu
d'Alsace, etc. (1156-1320). The moneyer Simon, who also worked at