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

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The Coins of Europe
Boufflers, during the siege by the Allies in 1708, with his arms on the
obv.
Limbourg, near Diirkheim, Bavaria, the place of origin of a curious
denier (Sch., xiv. 487) struck in the name of Emich, Count of Leiningen
(whose capital was at Diirkheim), as Advocate of the Abbey of Limbourg.
Limbourg, Brabant, the seat of coinage from a very early period of
the money of the Seigneurs of Limbourg and of the Dukes of Brabant.
There are deniers or esterlings of John I., Duke of Brabant, 1261-94,
from this mint, and probably the money of his mother Adela, during her
regency (1261-69), s ' assignable hither. Linborgh or Limborc.
Limoges, a mint of Dagobert I. (628-38), of Eudes, King of Paris or
France (887-98), of the Vicomtes de Limoges and Dukes of Brittany as
V. de L., and of the Valois and Bourbon Kings of France. There is a
piece of 30 sols of Louis XVI., 1791, struck here. See Barbarin and
Lemona in Cat. of Denom. A gold sol of Dagobert I. with his bust, one
of the earliest pieces of such a type, was found at Merton, Surrey, some
years ago, in the hands of poor people, and was eventually sold to the
national collection at Paris for 180. It had probably belonged at one
time to the daughter of Dagobert, who died and was buried at Merton.
There is a piefort of Jean III., Vicomte de Limoges, with Turonus
Lemovic. By the Treaty of Bretigny, 1360, this mint was ceded to the
King of England, and in 1365 Michel Beze struck for the Black Prince
various denominations in silver and billon.
Lindau, Bavaria, the seat of a coinage in the nth c. There are
imperial bracteates, semi-bracteates, and deniers down to the I3th c.,
with the arms of the town, the linden-tree, or a cinquefoil of it,
and on
those of Frederic II. (1220-1250) the Guelph lion.
Littnich, Prussia, a civic mint, where the French gros tournois was
imitated. Coins bearing the name occur very rarely.
Lippe ajid Schanmburg-Lippe Mints. See Blanchct, ii. 68, 69.
Lisbon, the general place of coinage of the later Portuguese money.
Philip II. of Spain struck coins here from 1580. But even in the I7th c.,
under Peter II., many pieces were struck at Bahia, Porto Rico, and Rio.
The money for Brazil down to 1825 was chiefly coined at Rio and Bahia.
LIS. or Lisboa.
Lissa, Posen, a mint of the independent Kings of Poland.
Livcrdun, formerly a fortress belonging to the Bishops of Toul, now
Dept. of Meurthe, F ranee; a place of coinage of the Bishops, iith-i4th c.
Loano, Sardinia, Div. of Genoa, a seigniorial fief of the Doria family,
i6th c. There is a scudo della galera of Gio. Andrea Doria, Prince and
Count of Loano, 1590-1606. We may also note a luigino with the name
and titles of Gio. Andrea Doria, Prince of L. 1665, with his portrait and
coat of arms.
Laches, Touraine, the source of a denier of the nth c. with Locas
Castro on either side.
Lodtve, Herault, the seat of an episcopal coinage, I2th-I4th c., with
the name of a canonised prelate (Fulcran) on most or all of the deniers.
The money was long current in the diocese with that of Paris and Tours,
belonging to the royal series.
Lodi-in-Crema, N. Italy, the place mentioned on a danaro bearing on
obv. the name of Frederic II. (1220-50), and on rev. Lavdensis. There
is also, belonging to this place, a denaretto of Gio. da Vignate, signore,
1410-13, with Lavde on rev.
Lodose, an early Swedish mint. L.