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

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to the Venetian and Florentine gold currency in value and weight. At
the Dillon sale in London, 1892, No. 575, occurred a piece QilQgenovini
d'oro, weighing 2 oz. 2 dwt. 23 gr., with the date 1641, and of the usual
type. It was perhaps the same as that which sold at Remedi sale, 1884,
No. 1479, for 130 lire.
of the same republic of later origin, with the
- Genovino, a silver coin and , j, \. In Remedi Cat. 1884, 1523, a mezzo genovino of silver of
1577 occurs.
Gentil, a gold coin of Fernando I., King of Portugal (1367-83),
apparently suggested by the French chaise, but exhibiting on rev. the
usual arms of Portugal in an inner circle, and in an outer one eight
castles disposed round. Weight, 63^ gr.
Georges, the gold florin with the dragon type which appeared in
France in 1340, but was not reissued.
Georgino,^. silver Genoese coin of the i8th c. with the saint on horseback
on rev., and Est. Probitate. Robvr. Comp. Luigino.
Gigliato (gtglto, lily) and the half, a silver coin equal in weight and
dimensions to a grosso or ^ grosso, belonging to the Sicilian series, and
to that of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem at Rhodes, and of the
Kings of Cyprus of the Lusignan line. The word is due to the terminal
embellishments of the cross on rev. Some of the g. of Sicily represent
on obv. the king seated in a chair, of which the arms are formed of lions.
The early gigliati of Rhodes are rare, especially in fine state. There was
a find at Ephesus, however, of those of Helion di Villa Nova (1319-46).
Gigot and halfgigot, copper coins of Brabant. i6th and I7th c.
Giiilio, with the , \, and j, a silver coin of the papal and other Italian
series, apparently so called from the Pope Julius II. One of the most
interesting relics of this type
is the Giulio struck in 1 586 by Cesare d'Este,
Duke of Modena, on the occasion of his marriage with Virginia de'
Medici, and bearing both their
Rome, 1625, a giulio is said to arms. In A mittimus to the soldi, and 10 g. to
Jiibilee at
be = a gold
scudo.
Giustina maggiore= 160 soldi, a large Venetian silver coin, with its
numerous divisions, first struck in 1571, and so termed from St. Giustina,
on whose name-day (October 7) the Battle of Lepanto was fought in that
year. There are the \, \, , TV, and
-5^.
Giustina minore, a similar piece in the same metal, but of smaller
module, also with its divisions. Both types have the legend Memor
Era Tvi Ivstina Virgo. The minore was imitated by Cesare d'Este,
Duke of Modena (1597-1628). The Modenese giustina, which had no
actual fitness of nomenclature, was = 20 bolognini.
Glocken-gulden, the familiar type of Brunswick, etc., with the bell,
which is found both with and without the clapper.
Glocken-thaler, the same denomination and type. There are the
divisions down to the 7th. All are rare in really fine state.
*Goesgen, Hanoverian money of account.
Gosseler, a silver denomination current at Daventer in 1534, with the
double, and at Campen in 1561. 40 gosseler were=i silver daalder.
See Goslar in Cat. of Mints.
Goudgulden, or Gold Gulden, a gold gulden or florin, 1 5th- 1 8th c.,
Germany and Low Countries ; it occurs in the Anglo-Hanoverian
Some series.
of the feudal potentates imitated the type. It is in fact a form of
the gold ducat.
Gouden Rijder. See Rijder.