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

1 62 The Coins of Europe
Smallenberg, Prussia, a mint of the Bishops of Cologne, I3th c.
Civitas Smalnberg, or Smalenbtirgi.
Sneek, W. Friesland, the source of coins bearing Snekensis and a
shield quartered with an eagle and three crowns.
Soest, Prussia, an occasional mint of the Emperors of the West.
There is a denier of Otho III., 983-1002, struck here. A series of copper
pfenningen, from the i6th to the i8th c., belongs here. Those of the 1 8th
c. which most usually occur (1700-50) have Stadt Soest and a key.
Sofia, capital of the principality of Bulgaria, and the seat of a coinage
since 1880.
Soissons, the capital and probably the mint of Clovis I. and perhaps
also of Pepin le Bref. Subsequently one of Louis le Uebonnaire, who
conferred the privileges and profits on the richly endowed Abbey of Saint
Medard at Soissons, founded by Sigebert, King of Austrasia. At this
time the coinage was carried out in the palace. Money was struck here
in the name of Charles le Chauve, perhaps by the abbey ;
but subsequently
the Bishops and Counts of Soissons acquired in succession the
jurisdiction, the latter holding from the See, which ceded the right, no
doubt, for a consideration. One of the Counts married Agathe de Pierrefonds
and there is a denier, possibly struck at the now famous Chateau
de
;
Pierrefonds, with Moneta Canon \Conori\ on obv., and on rev. De
Pierefons. The ordinary money of Soissons reads Suesswnis, or Mon.
Suessionis.
Solfcrino, Lombardy, a seigniorial mint of a branch of the Gonzaga
family, Marchesi di Solferino (ijth c.).
Solms, a seat of seigniorial coinage, I7th c. A grosch of Ernst II.,
1613, is cited by Schulman, Cat. xiv. No. 539.
Solothurn, or Soleure, an abbatial mint from 930 to 1381, when the
city purchased the right from the Abbot of St. Ursus, and struck money
down to the last c. Solodvrcnsis.
Sommiercs, Anduse, a seigniorial fief of the united lordships of
Anduse and Sauve, a mint of that family, ioth-i3th c., and in 1236 a
royal seat of coinage. Deniers and oboles with Andusiensis, De
Andusia, Salvicnsis, or De Salve. The capital B on obv. may indicate
the house of Bermond, in whom the lordship was vested in the lothuth
c.
Sondcrshausen, Schwarzburg, the seat of coinage of the principality
of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
Sora, Naples, the seat of an independent duchy down to 1462 of
the last Duke, Pier Gian. Paolo Cantelmi (1459-61).
had a bolognino, which fetched 185 lire.
Rossi, Cat. No. 4844,
Soragna, Parma, a former principality in the Meli-Lupi family, i8th
c. A gold zecchino of Nicolo Meli-Lupi, 1731, occurred at the Rossi
sale, and brought 90 lire.
Sorrento, Naples, a mint of the Lombard Princes, nth c.
Souvigny-lc- Vieux, Dept. of La Manche, France, the seat of an ancient
Cistercian priory, which, from the nth c.,
had a right of coining money.
There are only deniers of a low standard of silver, with a bust of Saint
Mayeul facing or in profile. At a later date the priors and the Sires de
Bourbon struck convention-money at Souvigny at the common cost as a
means of settling disputes which had arisen by reason of encroachments
on the part of the seigneurs. In 1320 Philippe le Long, King of France,
extinguished the rights by payment of 15,000 bons petits tournois = about
240,000 fr. Scs. Maiolvs and Silviniaco, or Borbonensis. Some deniers