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

Catalogue of European Denominations 229
stamped with values. Catherine I. in 1726 struck a large square rouble
in copper, and Nicholas I. for the first time introduced pieces of 3, 6, and
12 roubles in platinum. Under Alexander I. roubles and \ roubles were
struck by Bolton at Birmingham as an experiment prior to the introduction
of a similar press at St. Petersburgh.
*Roup, Polish, silver, value 5d.
Royal, or Aureus Regalis, a gold coin of France, first struck under
Louis IX., and continued by some of his successors down to Charles V.,
of whom, however, no specimen
is at present known. Philip III. struck
a petit r. and Philip IV. a double r.
Royalin, and pieces of 2, 4, and 8 r. Money struck by France under
Louis XV. for Pondiche"ry.
Rozenbeker, a silver or billon variety of the groot, current in Brabant
in the I4th c. There were convention rozenbekers and the \ between
Joanna of Brabant and Philip le Hardi (1384-89). The name appears
to be derived from Roosebeke, a village near Ypres. But the same
denomination was struck, later on, at Antwerp, both in gold and
silver.
*Rubic, Turkish, gold, value is. gd. ; 35 aspers. Rubich.
*Runstyck, Swedish, copper, value one-sixth of a farthing.
Ruspo and mezzo ruspo, a gold denomination of Gio. Gastone de'
Medici, Grand-Duke of Florence (1723-37), and his successors of the
house of Lorraine. The type gives on obv. the titles and lily, and on
rev. the seated figure of St. John to 1.
Ruspone, apparently the same as the ruspo.
*Ryks-Ort, Danish, silver.
S.R'J.A. Sancti Romani Imperil Archidapifer.
S.R.I.P. Sancti Romani Imperil Princeps.
Saiga, the name of certain silver pieces in the so-called Merovingian
series.
Saint Andriesgulden, a gold coin of the Counts of Holland, I5th c.
It occurs with the name of Philip le Bel of France and the legend Co.
Ho. A type of the Hanoverian thaler bears on one side the saint supporting
his cross. There are the divisions. Some have the titles of
George III. of Great Britain as King of Hanover.
Saint Maartensgulden, a gold piece struck by the Bishops of
Utrecht, I5th c.
S. Thome, a gold Portuguese coin, struck in the Portuguese Indies as
early as 1548, and in vogue down to the present
c. It was = 1500 reis.
There was the half, and at a later period the double. Under Alfonso
VI. (1656-83)
it is said to be = 4 rupias of Goa.
S. Thome" novo, a reissue of the old piece in or about 1710 (an order
for its fabrication is made in 1713). It occurs in the tables published
by Fernandes, pp. 346-49, and is described as extremely rare, and - 1
5
pardoes or xerafins of Goa.
S. Vicente, a gold Portuguese coin= 1000 reis, struck at Lisbon (?) in
1555 at the time the Inquisition was introduced, with the significant
legend Zelator Fidei Usque Ad Mortem. There is the half.
Salute, a silver coin of Sicily under the house of Anjou, which
adopted this emblem in place of the eagle, and a gold one in the French
and Anglo-Gallic series. The obv. represents the Salutation of the
Virgin. The gold salute of Henry V. is of great rarity, that of Henry
VI. very common.