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

Catalogue of European Mints 89
Carrega, Naples, a concession granted to the Doria family of Genoa ;
but no coins are known.
Casale, a mint of the lords of Casale of the Palaeologos family (1380-
1464), of the Marquises of Monteferrato (1464-1533), of the Emperor
Charles V. (1533-36), and of the Gonzage, Dukes of Mantua (1540-1697).
Some very rare and important examples in gold, and several pieces interesting
for the costumes, proceeded from this mint. In 1628 a piece of 12 reales
was struck during the siege by Gongales, and in 1629-30, during that by
Ambrogio Spinola, pieces of ^, i, 5, 10, and 20 florins, some being of more
than one type. A quattrino of 1706, struck at Casale, has on obv. the
type of the Virgin and Child with the curious legend Divae Virginis
Cretae.
Cassel, a mint of the Counts, afterward Landgraves, of Hesse-Cassel.
The earliest pieces have Comes, the later, Landgravi Hassie. Money in
all metals was struck here after 1
503, when the right was obtained from
the Emperor to strike gold. Count Philip (1509-67) entered into the
monetary alliance of the Rhenish provinces, and placed on his coinage
the arms of Mayence, Treves, Cologne, the Palatinate, and Hesse.
Castelbon, Navarre, a place of coinage authorised in favour of the
Vicomte de C. in 1374 by the Duke of Anjou, the money to be of the
royal standard and similar to that of Lescun. Not known.
Castel Durante. See Urbino.
Castelnau, near Montpellier, the seat of a mint established by two
ordinances of James I. of Arragon (1213-76) in 1273, for the coinage of
deniers and oboles of fine silver, each d. to be = 12 d. of Melgueil, and
each ob. to be = 6 ob. of M. The regulations were ratified by his son
and successor in 1277.
Castelnuovo-di-Garfagnana, Barga, Italy, the probable place of coinage
special grossetto struck in 1606 by Cesare d'Este, Duke of
Modena, in commemoration of his recovery of the town and territory.
The piece has on rev. St Peter standing and Prin. Garfignanae.
Castelsardo, formerly Castel-Arragonese, Sardinia, a seigniorial fief of
the Doria family, 1436-48.
Castiglione dei Gatti, States of the Church, a feudal seat of the Pepoli
family, who struck money elsewhere and perhaps also here.
Castiglione del Lago, States of the Church, a mint of Ferdinand II.,
Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1620-70. On a piece of 1643 occurs Cats.
Prin.
Castiglione delle Stimere, Lombardy, a mint of the Gonzaga family
(1580-1723). Coins in all metals were struck here.
Castro, States of the Church, a mint of the Farnese family as Dukes
of Castro (1545-47). There is a gold zecchino of Pier Luigi Farnese with
P. Loisivs F. Dvx Cast., and other pieces in all metals.
Cattaro, Dalmatia, a mediaeval mint of the kingdom of Servia
posterior to the incorporation in the nth c. of Bosnia and great part
of Dalmatia. S. Tryphon, Cthren or Catarensi. St. Tryphon was the
patron of C., and early coins of Bosnia with his name and that of Cattaro
were doubtless struck here for that province after its subjugation by
Servia. A probable place of coinage of the colonial series struck for
Dalmatia by the Venetians from the I4th to the I7th c. The grossetto
and \ grossetto, the quattrino, the follaro, etc., were current in the province.
There are also a franc and -franc 5 piece of base metal coined
here by the French defenders during the war (1812-13).
Celles-sur-Cher, the seat of a seigniorial coinage, uth-i4th c., in