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

138 The Coins of Europe
Neufchateaii, Vosges, a seat of coinage of the early Dukes of
Lorraine, of a series of anonymous pieces, which may be either of
a municipal or an ecclesiastical character (Cat. Robert, 1886, Nos. 1693-
1704), and of certain coins struck by Gaucher de Chatillon, Comte de
Porcien, after his marriage with the widow of Thibaut II., Duke of
Lorraine, in 1314. Monetary treaties were made between the Duke and
the Count in 1318 and 1321 with a view to the adjustment of the relative
standards of the currencies. Moneta Nom Castri.
Ncufchatel, or Neuenburg, the seat of coinage for the canton, and
from the I4th to the i6th c. of money struck in the names of the families
of Hochberg, Longueville, and Orleans-Longueville. It subsequently
issued batzen and kreutzer with the titles of the Margraves of Brandenburg
and the Kings of Prussia and in ; 1806, having been erected into a
principality in favour of Alexander Berthier by Napoleon I., began a
series of batzen, etc., with the marshal's name and titles down to 1810.
There is also a pattern 5-franc piece, which does not seem to have been
published, and which bears no date.
Ncuss, Prov. of Dusseldorf, Prussia (the Roman Novesium\ the source
of a double gros without date, bearing the name of the city.
Nevers, the seat of a seigniorial coinage of varied character from the
8th to the 1 7th c. The last Duke of N. sold his French domains in 1659
to Cardinal Mazarin. Nivernis, or Nivernis Cvt.
Nidaros, a Norwegian mint under Magnus III., 1093-1103, and also
one of the Archbishop, i6th c. Olaws Dei Gra. Arc. Ep. NicfSen.
(Archbp. Olaf Engelbrektsson, 1523-37). Comp. Drontheim.
Nieheim, Pruss. Westphalia, a mint of the See of Paderborn, i3th c.
Civitas Niehem.
Nicuvci'ille-lez-Namur, a mint of the Counts of Namur, I4th c., and
particularly of Guillaume I. (1337-91).
Nijny- Novgorod, Central Russia, a very early Russian mint, and
probably in existence concurrently with that at Kief, which dates back to
the loth c. In 1852 a find or trouvaille was made here of dies similar in
design to the coins which have come down to us of the Duchy of Kief or
Kiov.
Nimmhegcn, Gelderland, a mint of the early Counts of Gueldres, I ith
c., and of a long and varied series of coins, including bracteates, some
bearing the imperial titles, down to the I7th. The groot, the briquet, the
stuiver and double stuiver, the peerdeke, the schelling, the daalder of 20,
28, and 30 stuivers, and gold money, issued from this place.
Nio (los}, European Turkey, a place of coinage in the I3th c. of
Ludovico of Savoy, 1284-1302.
Niort, Dept. of Deux -Sevres, a mint in the loth or perhaps gth c.,
given in 1019 by the Duke of Aquitaine to the Abbey of Cluny the
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Director was at that time Odilon. This concession was ratified in
1079.
Nismes, an early French mint, though apparently not much employed.
There is a very rare denier of Louis IX. belonging here it is said that
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only two specimens are known.
Nivelles, Brabant, an abbey, which doubtless struck within its precincts
the coins bearing its name. The original concession is dated
1040, and was confirmed in 1209. Nimella. Deniers and mailles.
Nizza, or Nice, Monteferrato, Piedmont, a mint of the Counts of
Provence, of the house of Anjou, I3th c., and of the Dukes of Savoy, 1521-
1636. A siege-piece of Charles II., 1543, occurs in Cat. Rossi with (on rev.)