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- $Title{Table 27: Gold Coinages.}
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- 1225. Naples (Amalfi). - Aurei, or augustals, of Frederick II.;
- 81 to 82 English grains fine.
- 1225. Leon. - Gold ducats of Alfonso, gross weight 54 1/2 English grains,
- with the following inscription in Arabic: "In the
- name of the Father, Son, and holy Ghost, God is
- One. He who believes and is baptized will be
- saved. This dinar was struck in Medina Toleitola,
- in the year 1225, month of Saphar." ^1 Here
- is a curious mixture of doctrines and dates.
- 1225. Portugal. - Gold ducats of Sancho I., weighing 54 1/2 grains gross.
- 1226. France. - Louis IX. Pavillon d'or, De Saulcy, "Documents," I., 115 -
- 1241. Faenza, Siege of. - Leather notes issued by Frederick, payable in gold
- augustals. Yule's "Marco Polo."
- 1250. France. - Gold agnels, or dinars, struck for Louis IX. by Blanche,
- his mother. Weight 63 1/3 grains gross. ^2
- 1252. Florence. - Republican zecchins or florins, 56 grains fine.
- 1252. Genoa. - Gold "genovinas."
- 1257. England. - Pennies, or maravedis, of Henry III., 43 grains fine.
- 1265. Flanders. - Mantelets d'or. De Saulcy.
- 1276. Venice. - Zecchins or sequins, 55 3/4 grains fine.
- 1300. Boh. and Pol. - Ducats of Veneslas, 54 1/2 grains gross.
- 1312. Castile. - Alfonso XI. Doblas, valued at 100 pesetas.
- 1316. Avignon. - Sequins of Pope John XXII., 54 1/2 grains fine. ^3
- 1325. Germany. - Louis IV. Ducats.
- 1336. Arragon. - Pedro IV. Florines.
- 1339. Holland&Hainault. - Ducats.
- 1340. Guelderland. - Duke Rainhold. Ducats.
- 1342. Lubeck. - Patent from Louis IV. Ducats.
- 1344. England. - Edward III. Nobles.
- 1356. Holland. - William V. Ducats.
- 1357. Flanders. - Louis II. Ducats.
- 1372. Nuremberg. - Frederick, under patent from the Emp. of Ger. Ducats.
- 1496. Den. and Nor. - Eight-mark piece of John, 240 grains gross. ^4
-
- [Footnote 1: Although this can hardly be deemed a Christian coin, I have
- included it in the table. Heiss publishes a gold coin with "Ferdinand" on one
- side, and "In nomine Patris et Filii Spiritus sanctus," on the other, which he
- ascribes to Ferdinand I. (II.), 1157-88; but Saez is positive that it is a
- sueldo of Ferdinand II. (III.), 1230-52. There is about the same difference
- of time between the Julian and Christian eras. The next gold coins, after
- those of Alfonso, were either the sueldos of Barba Robea, in the thirteenth
- century, or the Alfonsines struck by Alfonso XI., of Castile, 1312-50. The
- latter had a castle of three turrets on one side, and a rampant lion on the
- other. Gross weight 67.89 English grains (Heiss (i., 51; iii., 218).]
-
- [Footnote 2: Baron Malestroict ("Inst.," p. 4.) ascribes the first gold agnel
- to Blanche of Castile, as regent of France during the minority of Louis XI.
- Patin ("History of Coins," p. 38) repeats that they were struck by Blanche as
- regent, but says nothing more. As Blanche was regent a second time (during
- the sixth crusade, 1248-52), these coins were probably struck in 1250 to
- defray the expenses of that war. Louis' ransom of 100,000 marks was probably
- paid in silver. "There were sent to Louis in talents, in sterlings, and in
- approved money of Cologne (not the base coins of Paris or Tours), eleven
- waggons of money, each loaded with two iron-hooped barrels" (M. Paris, sub
- anno 1250, vol. 11. pp. 342, 378, 380). Humphreys (p. 532) ascribes these
- agnels to Philip le Hardi, 1270-85; but there is no reason to doubt the
- earlier and more explicit authority of Malestroict, Le Blanc, and Patin, nor
- the more recent judgment of Lenormant ("Monnaies et Medailles," p. 228) and
- Hoffman ("Monnaies Royale").]
-
- [Footnote 3: This pope is responsible for a treatise on the transmutation of
- metals, the prolific exemplar of many similar works.]
-
- [Footnote 4: The eight-mark piece and its fractions, of King Hans (John), A.
- D. 1481-1512, are in the Christiania Collection. The type of these coins is
- evidently copied from the nobles of Edward III., minted from 1351 to 1360.]
-