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

1 40 The Coins of Europe
Oberwesel, Prussia, 19 miles from Coblentz, a mint of the Archbishops
of Treves, 1 4th- 1 5th c. Wesalia.
Odense, an early Danish mint. Odsvn. Odn. Ottois.
Oettingen, Bavaria, the capital of a once independent countship, afterwards
a principality, a mint from the I4th to the i6th c. In 1458
Duke the
of Bavaria forbade the imitation of his coinage by the Count of
Oettingen. There were other mints at Wemdingen (1395) and Wallerstein.
Pieces in all metals florins, thalers, kreutzers, batzen, pfennigen
were struck. There are square coins with Vo., a dog and a St. Andrew's
cross. Ofing., or Otingensf, usually occur.
Oldcnburgh, now the capital of a grand-duchy, but in the 1
5th c. was
a seigniorial fief with an independent Graf or Count. There is a grote of
Nikolaus, Count of Delmenhorst (1423-47) with Nicolai Domini
Oldenbor and 1 a stuber of 1
, Johann XIV., 1505, with lohs. Coma , in
Oldcbor Anno 1 Domini MCCCCCV. This city seems to have been the
seat of the money of necessity struck by Christian I., King of Denmark,
during a long series of years (1448-81). A 4-skilling piece of Frederic I.
of Denmark, 1532, represents the King seated on his throne, the arms of
O. at his feet.
Oldcnburgh Mints : Birkenfeld, Jever, Kniphausen, Vechte, Wildeshausen.
Olmutz, the seat of coinage of the prince-bishops.
Oppenheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, a mint of the Emperors (i2th c.), of the
Counts palatine of the Rhine (i3th-i4th c.), and of the town. Oppenhcim,
or Oppcnh.
Opsolo, or Opslo, Sweden, the place of mintage of money of necessity
struck by Christian II. during the war against Frederic I. of Denmark
in 1531.
Orange, 12 m. N. of Avignon, the capital of the former county or
principality of the same name, and the place of origin of a series of coins,
at first limited to small silver deniers, from the I2th to the I7th c. The
earliest pieces bear W. Priccps. Arasc., and on rev. Imp. Fredericus,
the original concession having been granted by Frederic Barbarossa in
1178 to Bertrand I. de Baux, first Prince of O., of whom, however, no
money seems to be at present known. The later coinage in silver and
gold, with the portraits of the reigning sovereigns of the house of Orange-
Nassau, is very well executed and very interesting. But gold had been
introduced under Raymond IV., 1340-93, of whom there are francs-apied
and florins. The types of Lyons, Le Puy, Gap, and Saint-Paul-
Trois-Chateaux, were copied on the older money. A franc-a-cheval of
Raymond IV. has been mentioned but no
; example
is known. The
silver e*cus and their divisions, and the gold pistoles of Guillaume de
Nassau, the Silent, Philippe Guillaume, Maurice, Frederic Henri, Guillaume,
and Guillaume Henri (1544-1688), represent the most important
features in this series. Two douzieme d'e"cu of Guillaume Henri, 1661 and
1665, differ in the shields the former
; bearing the arms of France, the
other those of Orange the lions and cornets. Arasc., Aur., Aurastce,
etc.
Orbec, an early Danish mint. Orbeg.
Orbetello, Tuscany, the place of origin of a few coins (1782-98) of
Ferdinand IV., King of the Two Sicilies. There is a piece in copper of
in four lines.
4 quattrini, 1782, with Reali Presidii. Qvattrim'////., 1782,
Ore/lies, Dept. of Nord, near Douay, a seat of municipal or urban
coinage from the end of the I2th c. (1188). Mailles, with Orcsiet.