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

'Catalogite of European Denominations 213
Madonnina, the 5-baiocchi piece of Pius VI. (1796). There are
several varieties.
Madonnina, a silver coin of Genoa, i8th c., with the double and half.
Magdalon, a gold type of the Counts of Provence, 1434-86, bearing
the effigy of St. Mary Magdalen.
Maglia. Comp. Rianchetto.
Maille, a small coin of base silver common to Antwerp, Brussels,
Ghent, Alost, Bruges, Courtrai, Douai, Lille, etc., during a lengthened
period. It was = obole.
Maille, blanche, noire, parisis, poitevine, tournois, bourgeoise, different
varieties issued under Philip le Bel of France (1285-1314) and
some of his successors.
Maille tierce, another name for the third of the gros tournois, struck
under Philip IV., both of the O long and O round types.
This piece was also struck by Ferri IV., Duke of Lorraine (1312-28).
Maille (for, a denomination struck in 1347 for the See of Cambrai by
Jehan Bougier of Arras, the bishop's moneyer, in imitation of the
Florentine type, with a legend resembling the original coin.
It is to be generally observed that the occasional issue of the maille, denier, or
obole in the superior metal has been thought to proceed from the usage of completing
by this more convenient method some large transaction on the part of a
ruler or other prominent personage.
*Malla, Spanish, copper, 2 Mallas = I Denier [dinhero]. The smallest
coin at Barcelona. [The Spanish maille.]
Maley-groschen, a type of the German imperial series in the i3th
= c.
two Bohemian groschen of debased standard.
Malnco, the popular name for the cast bronze or mixed metal pieces
of 80 reis struck for the Aqores in 1829 as money of necessity. They
were made current for 100 r., but were soon superseded. See Fernandes,
p. 312, where a specimen is figured and the circumstances explained.
Mancoso, a gold type of Lucca under republican rule, with the name
of Charles IV. and the shield bearing Libertas. The rev. has the Sanctus
Vultus.
Mancusus, a gold coin of the ancient Counts of Barcelona, nth c.,
when they abandoned the use of the Arabic currency.
Mantelet, another name for the petit royal d'or.
Marabotin, struck by the Almoravides and Almohades, 453-539, a
name given to the Arabic dirhem or dinar, which circulated in the South
of France so late as the i ith-i2th c.
Maravedi, a (i.) gold coin of Sancho I. of Portugal, 1185-1212; (ii.)
the unit of the Spanish copper money from the time of Ferdinand arid
Isabella. Philip II. issued pieces of i, 2, 3, 4, and 6 m. But the more
usual divisions under the later sovereigns are i, 2, 4, and 8.
Many of the
earlier issues are countermarked with higher or lower values. The term,
like marabotin, is doubtless Moorish, and the currency may well have
been an inheritance from the Mohammedans. Ferdinand VII. struck a
piece, corresponding to the 8 maravedi, for Majorca, 1812, with 12 for the
value.
of account. In
Marc, a term given in France and Italy to money
1093, 9 marcs of silver were given by the King to rebuild a church which
had been burned. The French probably derived this sort of computation
substituted the marc for the livre as
from the Italian traders. They
m. of a. under Philip
I.