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

158 The Coins of Europe
on obv., and on rev. Comvnis Saona, a cross, and a fleur-de-lis. Francis
I. of France struck here three varieties of the testone and a pattachina.
Saxon Mints, minor : (i.) the Electorate, Duchy, and Kingdom :
Altenzelle, Bautzen, Buchholz, Colditz, Dohna, Freiberg (transferred to
Dresden, 1556), Frohnau, Grimma, Groitzsch, Grossenhain, Klein-
Schirma, Leissnig, Loessnitz, Oschats, Pegau, Flauen, Schneeberg,
Strehla, Taucha, Wolkenstein, Zittau, Zwickau.
Saxon Mints (ii.) Duchies, etc., within Saxon territory : (SAXE-
WEIMAR) Allstedt, Apolda, Arnshaug, Bergau, Bargau, or Bargel, Berka,
Capellendorf, Cranichfeld, Gebstaedt, Gleisberg, Lobdeburg, Magdala,
Mittenhausen, Remda, Rothenstein, Saalborn, Suiza, Tanrode, Weida,
Windberg. (SAXE-COBURG) Cella St. Blasii, Gleichen, Grimmenstein,
Ichtershausen, Koenigsberg, Krawinkel, Neustadt-am-Heide, Reinhardsbriinnen,
Volkerode. (SAXE-MEININGEN) Camburg, Reichmannsdorf,
Roemhild, Wasungen. (SAXE-ALTENBERG) Eisenberg, Kahla, Lucka,
Meuselwitz, Miinsa, Poelzig, Roda, Schmoellen, Windischleuba. (AN-
HALT) Ballenstadt, Coethen, Coswig, Dessau, Gernrode, Hagenrode,
Harzgerode, Miihlstadt, Nienburg, Ploetzkau, Rosslau, Thesa, Zerbst.
(SCHWARZBURG) Arnstadt, Clingen, Gehren, Goldsthal, Greussen, Gross-
Koerner, Keula. (S. - RUDOLSTADT) Blankenburg, Frankenhausen,
Friedeburg, Kefernburg, Koenigsee, Leutenberg, Schlotheim, Stadtilm.
Saxony. Duchy and kingdom of ^ -... .
c T,, , .
Saxotty Duchies in l Min ' s ' See Blanchet, .
101-6,
Saxony, Prussian J
^r' l
^~^
Schafhausen, Switzerland, the seat of the cantonal coinage from the
date of the monetary concession in 1333. The earliest were bracteates.
Many of the pieces embody the legend or idea conveyed in the name.
It was also a mint at an early period of Savoy and other States lying in
or on the borders of Switzerland.
Schleiz, Reuss, the source of bracteates of the Counts of Lobdeburg-
Arnshaug, with a bull, a bull's head, or a man carrying a bull's head in
his hand, I3th A c. mint of the Counts of Reuss, 1622-78.
Schlitz, Hesse -Darmstadt, the seat of coinage of the independent
Counts of Schlitz, Passau, and Weisskirchen, whose castle still exists ;
arms and
i6th-iyth c.
The money usually bears on the rev. the imperial
titles. As early as 1516 the discovery of the rich silver mine of Joachimsthal,
Bohemia, and its appropriation by the then Count, led to the