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

1 1 8 The Coins of E^lrope
Charles de France, brother of Louis XI., 1469-71 of ; Henry III. of
Valois, 1576; of Louis XV., 1731-42; and of the later French rulers,
m.m. a ship.
La Tour d Glaire, Ardennes, a mint of the Seigneurs of Chateau-
Renaud or Renault, in the I7th c. This and Charleville, equally with
Bouillon, imitated other types. Both Nicolas Briot and Daniel Goffin
were employed here and at Charleville, etc., as engravers.
Lauenburg, Pomerania, apparently the place of origin of a \ thaler
of Frederic VI. of Denmark, 1830.
Lausanne, a Merovingian mint, and from the Qth to the I4th c. a
place of coinage for the See and town. Some pieces bear on obv. Sedes
Lavsane, and on rev. Civitas; others, Bcata Virgo. The former arose
from the traditional belief that this place was the site of the ancient
Civitas Equestris. The types were copied by the feudal Lords of Vaud.
See Nyon and Thierrens.
Lavagna, a mint of the Fieschi family, i6th c. Cotn. Lavanie.
La Vanctte, Barony of Les Hayons, Luxemburgh, the mint in the I7th
c. of Lambert d'Oyenbrugge de Duras, brigadier in the French army,
1624. A variety of coins proceeded from this place, chiefly imitations or
contrefac.ons of Niirnberg, Frankfort, Hamburg, Bouillon, Holland, etc.;
and the engraver, Daniel Goffin, was employed here. A demi-patagon
bears Lambertiis De Duras B\ard\ Suprennis Hayoncn. From the disappearance
of what must have been a considerable coinage it may be
inferred that the mint was suppressed.
Lecce, Naples, a Neapolitan mint, 1495-99.
Lecco, Lombardy, a mint of a branch of the Medici, 1431. Co. Le-vci.
L'Ecluse, or Sltiys. See Slu'ys.
Lcctoure, Dept. of Ger, a mint of the Vicomtes de L., Lomagne, and
D'Auvilars, who represented the Comtes d'Armagnac, of the Bishops,
and of Edward III. of England as Duke of Aquitaine. The town in
ancient times was divided into three quarters: the Bishop's, the Viscount's,
the King's or Duke's. Lactora Civ., Cii'itas Efi. or Santigino.
Lceuardcn, W. Friesland, a mint for the province in the i6th c.
There is a silver piece of 28 stuivers, 1580, with Mo. No. Ord. Frist. s.
Lcwwar. Cvsa., and a second of about the same date of the Daventer
type, punched with L., probably for this place. We do not know whether
the 2O-ducat piece of 1601 with the arms of W. Friesland on obv. and the
legend Antiqva Virtvte et Fide, and on rev. the legend Concordia
Frisicc Libertas, with four shields (for the four divisions of the prov.)
united by a riband, may not be assigned here.
Leeucn, Gelderland, the reputed source of a denier with Lewe and a
head facing.
Leghorn, a mint of the Medicean Dukes of Florence or Etrtiria.
Lciningen, Baden, Alt or Old, the place of origin of some of the
money struck and issued by the early Counts after 1608, the date of the
original monetary concession, though other towns (Hardenberg, Dachsburg,
Westerburg, etc.) shared the coinage. There are pieces with Lein.
Et. Dags. Com. in Lein. Et. Rixing.
Lcipsic, Saxony, the place of origin of bracteates in the I2th c., and
the general mint of the Dukes of Saxony of the Ernestine branch from
the 15th c. There is a bracteate with Marchio. Otto. De. Lipi. Some
pieces have Lipcens, others, S. L. for Signuin Lipsiense. On some of the
currency the Dukes of Saxony bear the title of Margraves of Misnia or
Meissen. There is a rare piece struck during the siege by the Saxons