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

196 The Coins of Europe
Doblon scncillo, in the old Spanish monetary system a phrase used to
express the value of 60 reales, although no coin of such a denomination
has ever existed. A sort of money of account, like the mark and the
livre, or the Venetian lira di piccoli and /. di grossi.
Doblone, a denomination applied to a pattern piece in bronze of
Clement XI. (1700-21) with Doblone Doppio D'ltalia, the
and Clement XI. Pont Ma.r.
papal arms,
Dobra, a gold Portuguese coin struck under Pedro I., 1357-67 = 82
soldi, and weighing 92-3^ gr. the 5oth of the marc of gold.
Dobra, a gold Portuguese coin, struck in and after 1732, and = 4
escudos, or 6400 reis. There is the half and quarter. The d. was = 64
tostoes of silver.
Dobra de Banda, a gold Castilian coin of Juan I. [John of .Gaunt],
1379-90=120 reaes, with the usual rev., and on obv. a shield bearing a
transverse band. It was current in Portugal.
Dobrao, dobrdcs, a gold Portuguese piece, originally worth 20,000 reis
= about ^6': 125. English. There is the meo-dobrao or half. But the
later dobrao was reduced to 12,800 reis. The dobrao appears to have been
first coined under John V., and to have acquired the name of a Joamcse.
Dodkin. See Suskin.
Doppelschilling, a copper coin of Soest. A double schilling.
Doppcl-thalcr, a double thaler.
Doppia, a Venetian gold coin of the I7th c., equal to 12 lire or 2 gold
scudi.
Doppia, a gold coin of Mantua, 1 6th- 1 7th c. Equal to 2 gold scudi.
Doppio grosso, or double groat, a silver denomination issued at
Venice under Francesco Foscari (1423-57), with a half-length figure of
St. Mark on rev.
Doppionc, a gold coin struck by Louis XII. of France during his
occupation of the Milanese (1500-12); a piece of 10 gold scudi or 5
doppic, struck in 1641 by the Duke of Savoy during the siege of Coni.
Comp. Coni.
Donzain, a plated or billon French piece, the twelfth of the franc
d' 1
argent under the Valois Kings, and the twelfth of the silver ecu d' argent
under Louis XIII. and his successors. There are various types, as the
douzain au croissant of Henry II. of France. The older type was also
current in Burgundy under its autonomous Dukes.
Drachma, a silver coin of the modern kingdom of Greece. 100 lepta
= i drachma ; 5 lepta = i obolos. There are pieces of 5
and 2 drachmai,
i
drachma, and \ drachma or 50 lepta.
Dreibatzner, a silver piece of 3 batzen current in the city of Strasburgh.
Dreier, a copper coin of Weidenbruck (i7th c.), Wurtzburg, etc.
Dreilander, a type of gros and double gros current in three States.
Comp. Vierlandcr and Snaphaan.
Dreiling, a billon or copper coin of the Archbishopric of Treves (i5th
c)., of Hamburg, and Schleswig-Holstein. There is a dreiling of Otto
von Ziegenhain, Archbp. of Treves (1418-30). In Schleswig
it was the
half of the sechsling.
Dreipolker (3-polker piece), a billon coin struck by the Margraves of
Brandenburg for East Prussia, and by the Kings of Sweden for Poland.
There are 3-polker pieces of Swedish origin struck at Riga of 1622,
1624, and 1644.
1623,
*Drittel, Mecklenburgh silver, value is. One-third of Rix dollar.