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

Catalogue of European Mints 145
Ploermel, a mint of John IV., Duke of Brittany, 1364-99.
Podewin, Olmiitz, a castle belonging to the See in 1241, where Conrad
III. in that year gave the Bishop the privilege of founding a mint.
Poictiers, a mint of the ancient Counts or Dukes of Aquitaine, of
Richard I. of England as D. of A., and of the Valois and Bourbon Kings
of France.
Poilvache, a mint of the Counts and Dukes of Luxemburgh. A
denier noir of Marie d'Artois, Dame de Poilvache (1342-52) was struck
here. Cat. Robert, 1886, 242. Comp. Merande.
Point d'Ain, a mint of the Counts of Savoy, I4th c.
Pomeranian Mints : Anclam (formerly Tanglin), Camin, Coeslin,
Colberg, Damm, Demin, Franzburg, Garz, Gollnow, Greifenberg, Greifswald,
Gutzkow, Pasewalk, Pyritz, Riigen, Riigenwald, Schiewalbein,
Schlawe, Stargard, Stettin, Stolpe, Treptow-am-Rega, Ukermiinde,
Usedom, Wolgast, Wollin.
Pomponesco, Lombardy, a seigniorial fief of the Gonzage, Counts of
P., 1583-93. Low denominations only.
Pont-de-Sorgues, Provence, supposed to have been a mint of the
Counts of Provence and the place of origin of the small silver pieces
which bear Comes Palaci. and Dux Marchio Pit., with the sun and moon
in the field.
Pontoise, a mint of Philip I. and Louis VI. of France (1060-1137).
Deniers. Pontesive, Pontise, or Pontisar. Cash'.
Ponzone, Sardinia, the mint of some anonymous marquis. Closed by
order of Henry VII. in 1310.
Poperingen, a mint of Philippe d'Alsace after the abandonment of
Saint Omer about 1128, and of Thierri d'Alsace, Count of Flanders,
1128-68.
Portia, a seigniorial fief,
and perhaps mint, of Prince Annibale
Alfonso, 1701.
Portuguese Mints : Bahia, Camora, Ceuta, Corunna, Goa, Gulmarens,
Lisbon, Miranda, Villa - Rica, Porto, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro,
Tuy.
Posen, or Poznan, a place where in the I3th c. Paul Grzymala, Bishop
of Posen, struck denarii in conjunction with the Duke of Poland. It continued
to be a Polish mint till the I5th c. This was perhaps the seat of
coinage of the grand-duchy of Posen down to the present c. We have
before us a 3-groschen piece of 1816.
Prague, Bohemia, the principal seat of the Bohemian coinage from
the loth to the i8th c. There are deniers of fine silver of the early
dukes. The prager - grosch = 12 pfennigen, was first struck under
Wenceslas II. from dies engraved by Florentine artists, whom he had
invited to his court. It was extensively imitated. There are deniers,
groschen, and gold ducats of John, the blind king, who fell at Crecy in
1346, and various coins of Frederic, Count Palatine and King, 1619-20,
consort of Elizabeth, daughter of James I. of Great Britain, including
pieces of 24 and 48 kreutzer with two different portraits. Charles VI.
struck here, we believe, the rare coin, dated 1
740, and with the ordinary
titles, but of exceptionally thick fabric ; it is sometimes classed with siegemoney.
Braga, Praga, or Civitas Prague.
Preny, Lorraine, a mint of Matthew II., Duke (1218-51). A denier,
said to be unique, is described in Cat. Robert, 1886, No. 1208. There is
also a grande plaque of John I. (1348-89) belonging to this place.
Preto, Ouro Preto, or Villa Ricca, cap. of the Brazilian prov. of Minas,
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