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

Catalogue of European Mints 1
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ix- 373-75- There are various types of groot and denier noir, or swaart,
of Jan van Wesemael, Arnoud van Orije, etc.
Ruremonde, or Roremonde, 21 m. from Venray, Gueldres, one of the
mints of the Dukes of Gueldres, I4th-I5th c., and of Philip II. of Spain.
Some of the former series struck here and at Venrade are curious as
demonstrating the armorial differences between damoiseaux or minors
and those of full age.
Russon, prov. of Limburg, Belgium, a mint of the heeren or seigneurs
of that place, I4th-i5th c. A gros tournois of Jean de Louvain has
Moneta. Rvthes\ Sch., ix. 376.
Saalfeld, Saxe-Meiningen, an abbatial mint down to 1350, when the
abbot ceded the right to the town. There is a large bracteate with Scs.
Petrvs Apostolvs in. Salfelt. It was also an early place of coinage of the
Counts of Schwarzburg, and received in 1448 from the Duke of Saxony
a concession for the lower values. The place does not appear to have
produced any coinage of importance. A heller of 1726 has T.E. in a
monogram under a ducal crown.
Sabbionetta, Lombardy, in the Milanese territory, formerly an independent
duchy in the Gonzaga family (1559-1671), and a seat of coinage.
The Dukes also struck money at Bozzolo.
Sagodoura, Moldavia, the place of coinage from 1771 to 1774 of pieces
of 5 kopecks and 3 dengi in the name of Catherine II.
Sahagun, Ldon, an ancient abbatial establishment, to which Queen
Uraca and Alfonso VII. successively (1116-19) conceded the right of
coinage.
Saint-Aignan, Touraine, a mint of the Sires de Donzy. Coins of the
Blois type. Sancti Ainiano.
Saint-Andre, formerly Straeten, the seat of a seigniorial coinage in
the 1
5th c. by Matthias, son of Jan, Bailli of Goch in Gelderland, with
Mathias. Van. Der. Stras., or Strate.
Saint-Andre de Villeneu-ve-Lez-A'vignons, a place of coinage under
Charles VI. of France (ord. of Sept. 1 1, 1389). Orig. m.m. a point under
2oth letter and from 1540, R. The mint was transferred to Orleans late
in the reign of Louis XIV.
Saint- Ba-von, near Ghent, a mint of Louis de Creepy, Count of
Flanders, 1312-46, if not of Margaret of Constantinople, 1244-80.
Setint-Bertin, Flanders, a mint of Charles le Bon, Count of Flanders,
1119-27.
Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, a mint of Charles de Blois, about 1314, during
his contest for the duchy.
Saint-Denis, France, a mint of Charles le Chauve.
Saint-Die, Vosges, one of the earliest places of coinage of the duchy
of Lorraine, and probably at a prior period an abbatial mint, whence
came the pieces with a crozier and a book, and the reading Deodatus, or
Deodatus Usus. Some very barbarous pieces in bad state are described
in Cat. Robert, 1886, Nos. 1663-66. The rulers of L. used this mint from
the time of Gerard d'Alsace (1048-70). Sa. in. Diei.
Saint-Gall, Switzerland, an abbatial mint from 947 for pieces of bracteate
fabric, and an urban one from 1415. The addition of the gold
collar to the rampant bear was given by Frederic III. in 1475. There
are uniface pieces in gold and silver with the civic arms. The plappart
of 1424 is the first dated Swiss coin at present known. There is a very
early and rare dicken of 1505 with Moneta Nova Sancti Galli, and an-