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

2 1 4 The Coins of Europe
Marcella, or lira marcello, the name given to the Venetian silver lira
or Da dieci [soldi] after the death of Nicolo Trono and accession of
Nicolo Marcello (1473), when the short-lived practice of placing the
portrait of the chief magistrate on the coinage determined. The designation
was continued in later reigns, and under Agostino Barbarigo there
was the i marcella for colonial circulation. But under Marcello's immediate
successor, Pietro Mocenigo (1474-76), the mint struck two types of
the lira the marcella and the moceniga or lira moccnigo.
Marcello, the name which is attached to a silver coin of Francesco
III., Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1540-50. Cat. Remedi, 1884, 1704.
Marchesino, a small silver type of Ferrara, 1 4th- 1 5th c., under the
house of Este, Marchesi di Ferrara. The rev. has a small shield with
DC. Fcrari. A,
Marchctto and half marchctto, a small copper type struck under the
Venetian Doge Antonio Priuli (1618-23) and some of his successors. It
reads on rev. Nosier. Defensor.
Marcuccio, a Venetian copper coin of low value, struck under the
Doge Bertuccio Valier (1656-58).
Mariengroschcn, a variety of this denomination, probably derived
from Marienburg in Prussia or Marienthal in Franconia. Several of the
German States struck it and its multiples up to 24.
*Maricn Gulden, Brunswick.
Mark, Venetian money of account. See Marc.
Mark, money of the Prussian abbey of Essen = 26th part of a
reichsthaler.
Mark, a coin of Sweden, either of copper or of silver, but more
Charles XII.
Silver mark.
usually the latter. There is a copper mark of 1591, struck on a broad
and thin flan. Small pieces in the same metal were issued for the mines
of Hogenas.
Mar A, a coin of Denmark. There is a piece of Frederic III., 1651,
called ////. Marck Eben-czer. In 1670, 4 marks were = i daler, 12 to a
gold
Mark ducat.
(or marque}, copper money of Mayence, running from I to 12
kreutzer, with various initials :
N\ieues\ T\hor\, G\roszes\ T\lior\, R\ani\
T\Jwr\ etc. One has Holzzeichen. These strange pieces are circular,
oblong, and octagonal. They seem to belong to the iSth c. See Cat.
Cisternes, 1892, Part Nos. i., 2217-20. A piece of 3 marks was struck at
Aix-la-Chapelle in 1670 as money of necessity.
Mark, a modern German denomination and the money of account of
the empire. It is worth rather less than an English shilling. There are
the 2 and 5 in silver and the 10 and 20 in gold.
Marka, pi. markaa, the Russian currency in silver for Finland. There
are pieces of 2 markaa, I marka, and 50 pennia.