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

Catalogue of European Mints 1 5 1
Rodigo, Lombardy, probably a mint of the Gonzage of Mantua,
1483-96, as Marquises of R.
Rogoredo, (?) Sardinian States, near Bellinzona, a mint of the Trivulzio
family, Marquises of Vigevano, i6th c.
Rolduc. See Hertogen-rode.
Romans, Dept. of Drome, a mint under Charles VI. of France (ord. of
Sept. ir, 1389), and of Francis I., 1515-47, for Dauphiny. A point under
second letter.
Rome, an Ostrogothic and Lombard mint, 6th-8th c., and one of the
Popes from the 8th, at first under Carlovingian control or sanction ;
the
seat of coinage of the pieces struck during the absence of the pontiffs in
the name of the Roman Senate and people ;
and finally of the Holy See
down to the reign of Pius IX. and the formation of the modern kingdom
of Italy. Many of the papal coins, however, were struck elsewhere at
Avignon, Perugia, Bologna, Terni, San Severino, Gaeta, Paris, etc. One of
the most remarkable pieces connected with the city is the irregularly-shaped
silver ducat of Clement VII., coined during the siege of Rome by the
troops of Charles V. in 1527, with the arms and title on obv., and Dvcato
within a wreath on rev. Two years only previous, the same pontiff had
issued a jubilee 5-sequin piece in gold, with sanguine and triumphal
inscriptions. The coinage for the Roman Republic of 1798-99, consisting
of a gold and silver scudo and a baiocco and 2^ bai, was engraved by
Tommaso Mercandetti. In 1846 Pius IX. struck a scudo, a baiocco,
and a \ bai ;
the die of the scudo was soon afterward accidentally
broken or damaged. But we have also a pattern scudo of the same
date, with the arms of the senior cardinal, Riario Sforza, and the legend
Sede Vacante. At the Rossi sale in 1880 occurred a very extensive series
of papal coins from Adrian I. (772-95) and a few of the silver danari
and ; of the scudi d'oro realised very high prices. A danaro of Teodoro
II. and Lamberto (898-900) brought 17
:
123., and one of Giovanni XI.
(930) was carried to .30. Two gold zecchini of Pio III. (1503) produced
74 and ^72. Others realised :
.36, ^29 I2S., etc. The result was at
the time a surprise. There is a 2o-franc piece of Napoleon I., 1813,
belonging to this mint with the wolf and twins on rev.
Romorantin, near Blois, a seigniorial mint, which produced pieces of
the Blois-Chartres type, with Remorantini., or Remerensis. One piece
bears T. Co. Remvr., and is attributed to Thibaut V., Count of B.,
1152-91.
Ronciglione, Viterbo, the seat of a temporary coinage during the
German occupation of the prov. of Viterbo, 1799-1800. A silver proof of
the madonnina of 1799 nas on rev LJ Incendio. Di. Ronciglione. Anno
-
1799., with a view f the city in flames. A papal mint, 1799, Sede
Vacante.
Ronco, in the Genoese territory, a mint of the Spinola family, Marquises
of Roccaforte (1647-99).
Roquefeuil, Nismes, originally an independent fief, but carried by
marriage into the lordship of Anduze-Sauve. The deniers, only struck
between 1169 and 1239, are imitations of those of A., and read Rocafoliens,
and on rev. Lex Prima M\pnetel\ in allusion to the fineness.
Roskilde, an early Danish mint. Rose.
Rostock, Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, the seat of a long and tolerably
extensive coinage, chiefly of the lower values, from the I2th to the igth c.
There were several monetary conventions between R. and other towns.
As early as 1361, R. had an unrestricted right of coinage. The earlier