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

148 The Coins of Europe
We have before us a small bronze coin of the 5th c. (part of a follaro)
with Felix. Ravenna and a turreted head on obv., and on rev. Ravenna in
a monogram within a wreath. The money struck by Venice for this city
was more probably coined in the capital. Felix. Ravenna., Rv., DC.
Ravena., or Eclesie. Ravene.
Ravensperg. Some of the Dukes of Gueldres enjoyed the title of Count
of R. On a gold-gulden of Raynald IV., 1402-23, he is styled Co. R.
There is a copper sechscr of 1621 with Nvmtnvs Ravenspvrg, and a piece
of 12 pfennigen in copper of 1659, belonging to this place.
Recanati, Deleg. of Ancona, the source of some autonomous coins
between the i4th and i6th c., with De. Reca. Neto. on obv., and on rev.
Mari. A.; others have De Racanati. and D. Rccaneto., with S. Flavianvs
on rev.
Reckheim, Brabant, a free barony and a mint of the Heeren or
Seigneurs of Sombreffe and Vlodorp, who copied the Metz types. A
silver daalder of Hermann van Lynden, 1603, was apparently struck here,
as well as other pieces of the Seigneurs of Lynden. There is also a
considerable copper coinage.
Rccklinghaiisen, Prussian Westphalia, a mint of the Archbp. of
Cologne 1 4th c., of the Seigneurs of Broech and Counts of Limburg,
and of the Counts of Recklinghausen. At present
it is the capital of
the dukedom of Arenberg, and was in the last century the seat of coinage.
Relnichsven, and Nvm. Rihlinght's.
Redon, Brittany, a mint established by John V., Duke of B., in 1422.
A denier of the I3th c. reads Scs. Martinus and Redonis Civi.
Regensburg. See Ratisbon.
Reggio, a seat of episcopal coinage in the ijth c., and of papal coinage
(1512-23). There is a denaro of Nicolo Maltraversi (1233-93). Reggio
subsequently formed part of the duchy of Modena under the Este
family. There is a mezzo scudo of Ercole II., with the title of Duke of
Reggio only, and a copper quattrino with Regivm Lepidi a recollection
of the Roman name.
Reichenstein, Silesia, a mint of the Seigneurs of Rosenberg and the
Dukes of Liegnitz-Brieg.
Reims, Champagne, a mint of the Merovingian, Carlovingian, and
Austrasian kingdoms, of the Counts of Champagne, of the Archbishops
(sometimes in concert with the former), and finally of the Crown. The
last archbishop who struck money appears to have been Jean de Craon,
1355-73. The Comte" was incorporated with the See in the nth c.,
and
the mint of Mouzon, formerly belonging to the Abbey of Saint Vannes at
Verdun, was taken over about the same time. Re. Remus, Rimus,
A etc.
denier of Charles le Chauve has Remis Civitas. One of Henri de
Dreux, archbp. 1227-45, reads on rev. Tebau Comes.
Remiremont, Vosges, with Saint Die", an ancient abbatial mint, and
one of the earliest places of coinage of the duchy of Lorraine, and Lorraine
and Bar. The ecclesiastical series have the names of St. Peter and
St. Amatus, and a cross cantoned with Ro Ma Ri Cvs. See Cat. Robert,
1886, Nos. 1668-82. Romaricvs., or Romarti.
Rennes, Brittany, a mint of the Dukes of Brittany and of ihe Kings
of France from Louis XL It is
supposed that it may have been a
Merovingian mint under a duke contemporary with Dagobert I.
A gold
franc of Francois II., the last independent Duke (1458-88), has Francixvs.
Dei. Gracia. Briton. Dvx., and an ecu. d'or of Louis XII. reads (after the
union) Lvdovicvs. D: G : Francor. Rex : Britonv : Dvx. It was prob-