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

228 The Coins of Europe
Regiments thaler, the name of a silver coin struck at Ulm, during
the Thirty Years' War, in 1622.
Rei, rets, the unit of the Portuguese monetary system and the money
of account. The value has varied at different periods, but the coin
approximately represents the French centime and Spanish centime. The
lowest multiple with which we have met is a \\ piece of 1695, and the
highest is the dobra = 20,000
r. 4000 = r. i moeda. There is a very
scarce piece of 18 r. struck under John IV.
Reichsthaler, royal thaler, a thaler struck either by, or under, the
authority of the German emperors.
Reine (for, a name, probably a popular one, bestowed for some unexplained
reason on the petite masse d'or of Philippe III. of France,
1270-85. It has been conjectured, on the other hand, that it was
struck by Louis IX. in honour of his mother, Queen Blanche, and
that it is the denier or florin d'or a la reine mentioned in ordinances
down to the time of Philip le Bel. No coin, specifically so termed, is
known.
Resellado, the word on a 5-peseta or lo-reales piece of Ferdinand
VII., 1821, indicating a recoinage.
Rigsbankdaler, Royal Bank daler, a Danish silver coin.
Rijdcr, a name probably applied in the Low Countries to any money
bearing a horseman as part of the type. The gouden-rijder is equivalent
to the French cavalier and the Scotish rider of James VI. Schulman,
Cat. xiv. 51, describes at some length an inedited one of Willem
V., Count of Holland (1349-89), struck for that province. There is the
half. At a later period the denomination underwent two successive
changes a transfer to a smaller and thicker flan about 1580, and, again,
:
to a broader and thinner one about 1615. A pattern of this latter
variety in piefort, dated 1620, weighs 19 gr., and varies from the ordinary
coinage. Comp. Snaphaanschelling.
Rijderdaalder, silver crown with horseman, i6th c. S1
Heercnberg.
Rijderguldcn, properly, we apprehend, a silver coin of that denomination,
having on one side a horseman.
Robustus, a term apparently applied to the silver crown of thicker
module struck in the Low Countries in the i6th c., similar to the thaler
of Sigismund of Austria, 1484.
Robustus, a coin with its half and quarter, temporarily current in
Flanders in the i6th c. Sch., xii. 192-94. Comp. Antwerp in Cat. of
Mints.
Roda. Comp. Bazaruco.
Rolabasso, a silver type of the Marquises of Saluzzo, early i6th c.,
with the titles on obv. and an eagle bearing a small shield in claw, and
on rev. Christvs Rex : Venit in Pace : Homo : Factvs.
Rollbatzen, or Rollbatz, currency of the Bishops of Passau, Bavaria,
in the i6th c.
Roosschelling, or escalin H la rose, a silver coin of W. Friesland,
1 7th c., with the legend enclosed in leaves, flowers, and fruit.
Comp.
Escalin.
*Rosina, Tuscan, gold, value i8s. 3d. Mezza Rosina.
Rothklippe, Danish siege-money of the i6th c.
Rouble, a Russian silver coin, originally struck under Peter the Great,
and much improved in 1717. There is a rare and fine pattern for a new
coinage in 1707. The word is derived from v. roobet, to cut, and preserves
the tradition of the primitive money of leather cut into strips, and