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

222 The Cains of Europe
Pavilion, a gold coin of the French and Anglo-Gallic series.
latter there are two types, both struck at Bordeaux.
Of the
Peqa, a gold Portuguese coin under Maria II. (weight, 145 gr.)
with a diademed bust to left on obv., and on rev. a shield resting on
foliage. Another name for the dobra.
Peerdekc, ^\.pccrdckcn, the third of the snaphaan. Silver. Nimmhegcn,
Groningen, etc. There is a scarce one of Zutphen with Fata Viam Invenient,
and Mom. Nova Civita. Zvtpha. in the iSth c.
Peeter, or Pietre, a gold coin of Louvain, Brabant, I4th c., imitated
by Jean d'Arkel, Bishop of Liege and Duke de Bouillon, 1364-78. The
Peter.
name was due to the effigy of St.
c. On
Pegione, a silver coin of the Visconti, Dukes of Milan, I4th
obv. occurs J?. Ambrosio Mcdiolan, and the saint seated ;
and on rev.
Comes. Virtvtvm D. Mediolani.
Penni, pi. pennia, a Russian copper coin struck for Finland = a
French centime. There is the i
penni, 2 pennia, 5 pennia, 10 pennia.
1865-66.
Peregozi, the local name given in a document of 1276 to the currency
of Perigord, otherwise described as pierregordins. A variety of the
denier. In 1305 two Florentines engaged to supply to the Count 20,000
marques of white money of pierregordins between the 2oth May and the
25th July.
Pcrpcro, and the half, silver denomination of Byzantine origin, introduced
into the Republic of Ragusa in the I3th c. or thereabout. Also
a gold value used at Venice as money of account.
Peseta, a Spanish silver denomination = in 1774, 2 reales ; in 1868, 92
French centimes, the piece corresponding to the French livre. It was
struck during the Peninsular War at Barcelona, and in 1873, during the
Revolution, at Cartagena. In 1874 the younger Don Carlos struck,
apparently out of Spain, probably in Italy, a piece of 5 pesetas with
Dios, Patria,y Rey on rev. There was a reissue of it in 1886. Of the
Barcelona series of 1811 there are the 5 p.
and i
p. in silver, and the
1 6 reales or 10 p. and 20 p. in gold, bearing dates between 1809 and
1813. Two 5 p. pieces of 1821 and 1823 were issued for circulation in
the Balearic Isles. By the law of 1868 the peseta replaced the escudo as
the monetary unit and money of account.
Peseta, a silver denomination struck by Christian VII. of Denmark
in 1777 for Iceland, Greenland, and the Feroe Islands.
Peso, the name of a silver siege-piece struck for Girone, in France, in
1808 during the Peninsular War.
Pezza, a gold coin of the Medici family, Dukes of Florence or
Etruria. There is one of Cosmo III., 1718, struck at Leghorn, somewhat
similar in type to the scudo of silver which is known under the same
name. It bears a rosebush and the legend Gratia Obvia Vltio Qvcesita.
It was known as the pezza d'oro delta rosa. Of the silver there are
earlier examples in the same reign.
Pezzetta and mezsa-peszetta (Fr. piecctte), billon currency of Monaco,
1 8th c., and of the Swiss canton of Fribourg, id. the single and
double pezzetta or piecette.
Pfaffenfeindthaler, the name applied to a silver siege-piece or money
of necessity (1622) struck during the Thirty Years' War.
Pfenning, penning, or fennig, a copper coin of North Germany and
the Low Countries, equivalent to the French centime. In Alsace or
Elsas it occurs in the I4th A c. copper series of \, i, 2, 3, 4, and 5 pf.
was