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

2 1 o The Coins of Europe
Leal, a (i.) silver denomination of Portugal, I5th c.= 10 reaes or reals,
of which repeated mention is made in documents of that period. In one
of 1441
it is said that the coin was to pass for 12 r. (ii.)
A copper
denomination of the same country, i6th c., belonging to the Indian
series, and struck at Goa ; apparently = the dinheiro.
Leeitendaalder, silver crown with the lion (/cu au lion}. There is a
rare variety, struck for the town of Utrecht in 1578 during the troubles
with Spain. See Cat. Cisternes, 1892, No. 1608 of Part i.,
for a leeuendaalder
apparently imitated by an Italian moneyer.
Leeuengroot, a groot or gros of the same type. Louis of Maele, Count
of Flanders (1346-84), struck a copper piece of the same pattern as this
variety of the gros.
Leijcesterdaalder, the popular name given to the silver crown with the
reputed head of Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1 586-96. There is a stuiver
of same dates ;
and the half, fifth, tenth, twentieth, and fiftieth parts as in
the ecu Philippus, except that there is no fiftieth of the latter.
Lonona, or Lcmocia, an altered type of the old barbarin of Limoges,
introduced by Gui VI., Vicomte (1230-63), just prior to his death, with
his own name on the face, and rejected by his vassals or subjects, who
made a treaty with his representatives to call in the obnoxious currency,
" licet esset legalis."
Leone Mocenigo, a silver coin of 80 soldi struck for Dalmatia and
Albania by the Venetian Government under Alvigi Mocenigo II., 1706.
The rev. has Dalmat. Et. Alb. 80. There are the i, j,
and \.
Leone Morosino, a silver Venetian coin struck under the illustrious
Doge Francesco Morosini (1688-94), perhaps in commemoration of his
military exploits in the Morea. On obv. he appears kneeling before St.
Mark with a spear in his hand, and on the rev. is Fides. Et. Victoria.
There are the divisions.
Leonina, the 2-scudi d'oro piece struck by Leo XII., 1823-29. The
scudo d'oro was perhaps also known by the same name.
Leopard, a gold coin in the Anglo-Gallic series.
Leopold, the appellation bestowed on the Lorraine gold ducat under
Duke Leopold (1690-97). There is the double and half.
Lcopoldone, a silver type of Pietro Leopoldo I. of Lorraine, 1765-90,
Grand-Duke of Tuscany = 10 paoli. It is a name for the silver scudo
of this reign.
Lcpton, the unit in the copper coinage of the Ionian Isles under
British rule ;
of the Greek Republic under Capo d'Istria, 1828-31 and
;
Lepta of Greek Republic
and the Ionian Isles.
of the kingdom of Greece, when it became the 5th of an obolos. The
word signifies something very flimsy or thin. The 3O-lepta piece,
struck by the British Government for the Ionian Isles, 1819, was the
prototype of the English groat of 1836. Capo d'Istria issued a piece of 20
lepta in copper.
Leu, or Lew \livre\ a silver coin of the independent Governments of