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

96 The Coins of Europe
pacification of Passau. The pieces bear A\lbert\ M\argraf~\ z\u\
B\randenburg\.
Curange, or Cttrengen, A near Hasselt, a mint of the prince-bishops of
Liege, I5th c. copper Hard of Louis de Bourbon, 1456-82, who on
one of his coins calls himself Leo Dux, was struck there.
Daalhcm, a mint of the Counts of Brabant in the I3th c.
Damme, near Bruges, a temporary mint of Gui de Dampierre, Count
of Flanders, in 1299, during the French occupation of Bruges.
Damvillers, a mint of John of Luxemburgh, King of Bohemia, 1342,
and of Charles IV. as Count of Luxemburgh, 1346-53.
Danish Mints. See Blanchet,
ii.
312, 313.
Dantzic, a principal mint of the independent Kings of Poland and of
the Teutonic Order. There is a fine series of the gold and silver coinage
of the former, and schillings and ducats of the latter. The urban coinage
consisted of base schillings and copper solidi. During the siege by the
Prince of Transylvania in 1577, besides silver and several foreign coins
countermarked with the city arms, a gold ducat appeared with the
standing figure of the Saviour, and Defende Nos Chrt'ste Salvator on obv.,
and on rev. Moneta Nova Civitatis Gedanensis. There is a grosch of
1812 with Dansiger Kupfer Muenze.
Darmstadt, a mint of the rulers of Hesse-Darmstadt, commencing
with Charlemagne, of whom there was a denier in the Luni find.
Daventer, a mint of the Bishops of Utrecht, and of the autonomous
or foreign rulers of Overijssel, ioth-i6th c. There is a gold denier of
Conrad of Swabia, bp. 1076-99, and a silver one of the same type. There
is a variety of the denier struck in the episcopal series, sede vacante, by
the Provost of Daventer, who managed the temporalities
till the new
prelate was appointed. In 1197 Theodor Dirk was P. In the imperial
series we have met with nothing prior to Otto I. 936-73 these coins are
;
imitations of the Cologne deniers, with S. Davnt. la. in retrograde
lettering, and a cross cantoned with pellets. In 1578 money of necessity
Groot of Jan van Arkel, Bishop of Utrecht. 1341-64.
a daalder and a \ d. in silver, and 4, 2, i, and stuivers in copper was
struck at D. ;
and again in 1672, during the siege by the Bp. of Munster
and the French, square silver pieces were issued. The 1578 series is
countermarked with an eagle. There is a rare liard of Philip II. struck
at D. with P. in the centre of obverse.
Dax, Dept. of Landes, formerly an Anglo -Gallic mint, and one of
those employed by Edward III. as Duke of Aquitaine. In 1380, Edward
conceded the right of striking money here in all metals to his son, John
of Gaunt ;
but no specimens seem to survive. Comp. Bayonne.
Dendermonde. See Termonde.