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

Catalogue of European Mints 137
town or position, a supposed place of coinage of a younger branch of the
house of Vexin and of origin of certain pieces with Castrvm Nat, or
Nata \Nantoligum Cos/rum], belonging to the reign of Louis VII.,
1137-80.
Naples, a place of coinage of the Byzantine emperdrs (641-741), and
later an autonomous mint of some anonymous ruler using the St. Jannarius
type of \\\&follaro, probably one of the Norman line, struck money here
till the end of the nth c. The coins of Roger I. and II. of Sicily, or of
Sicily and Naples, are very Oriental in their complexion, and like the
Amalfitan gold taro were evidently borrowed from Mohammedan originals.
The Normans were succeeded by the house of Anjou, which held possession
till the middle of the I5th c.,
and thenceforward, to the fall of the
Bourbons in 1860, this city has followed the fortunes of the south of Italy,
and issued money in the names of the Arragonese, Spanish, German, and
French occupiers, with occasional intervals of republican reaction. The
usual Italian types occur in this series. Charles II. of Spain struck a
\ taro and a gold piece called a scudo riccio, perhaps in reference to the
gnurled edge. The silver piastra of Joseph Napoleon, 1807, describes
him as King of the Two Sicilies, Prince of France, and Grand Elector of
the German Empire. A notable incident in the numismatic annals of
Naples is the democratic movement of 1648 under Mas. Aniello of Amalfi,
when they struck the copper piece = 3 tornesi, known as the publica
del popolo, with the titles of Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, and a
crowned targe with S.P.Q.N. on obv., and on rev. Pax- Et Libertas,
1648.
Narbonne, a Visigothic mint. Narbona. Probably in the Carlovingian
era one of Milon, Count of N. There is a denier with Milon, and on rev.
Pe[ptnus] R[ex\. It is cited among those in operation for the regal
coinage in the Edict of Pitres, 864. In 1266 the Viscounts of N. and
Archbishops concluded an amicable arrangement for a common
coinage, the former using a key, the latter a mitre, as a symbol. There is
a long series of this currency limited to petits and doubles tournois of a
prescribed weight and fineness. The Marechal de Joyeuse struck money
here in the time of the League.
Narva, Russia, Dist. of St. Petersburgh, a mint of Charles XI. of
Sweden, 1660-97, with the name and arms of the town on rev. and a
crown with C beneath it on obv. and the motto Dominvs Protector
Mevs.
Nassau Mints (minor)
:
Beilstein, Dietz (transferred from Beilstein
in 1692), Dillenburg, Elfeld, Eppstein, Grensau, Hachenbuch, Herborn
(1681-95), Holzapfel, Idstein, Kircheim, Koenigstein, Limburg
(transferred to Wiesbaden in 1830), Lorch, Oberlahnstein, Weilburg
(1749-54).
Naumburg, a mint of the bishops and town from the nth to the 1 7th
c. Lower values. The earlier pieces represent the Bishop seated or
standing. Nvwemb, Nvemb, NN. or N. The Bishops of Naumburgalso
struck money at Zeitz (M. Cicen.).
Nesle, Dept. of Somme, a regal mint with some feudal qualification
in
the nth and I2th c. Nigella, or Niviella Vicus. The "gros de Nesles,"
struck under the Valois and Bourbon Kings (Henry
1 1. -IV.), probably
owed its name to the Tour de Nesle at Paris.
Nestwede, an early Danish mint. Noestvede.
Neubrandenbourg, Mecklenburgh, a mint of the Dukes of M.,
with Moneta Brandepo.
I5th c.,