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

Catalogiie of European Denominations 237
Stow. But it was a much older grievance, and arose from the inferior
standard of the foreign currency. The historian of London recollected
these pieces in use ;
but they were, he says, reluctantly taken. The
words are of course English corruptions. They were also known as
Galley halfpence, from Galley Quay in Thames Street, where the Italians
landed their goods.
Syfert, Hanoverian, copper, current at Emden.
Szelong, the Polish and Lithuanian solidus, first of silver or billon,
subsequently of copper. The original szelong was = 1 2 denarii, and its
multiples were the dvoiak (double), troiak (triple), czvorak (quadruple),
and szostak (sextuple). Comp. Solidns.
*Taija, Spanish, copper, value the 4th of a real.
Talaro, talari, the designation given to the thaler of Maria Theresa of
Austria, 1780, which is,
or was, periodically re-struck for the commerce of
the Levant, Abyssinia, Ashantee, etc.
Tallard, the name given to the silver ecu of Lorraine, i6th c. Cat.
Robert, 1886, No. 1454.
Tallero, the Italian thaler. It first appeared at Florence in 1570
under Cosmo I. De' Medici. The Dukes of Tuscany of the house of Lorraine
continued to coin it till the present c. Some of the earlier pieces
and their divisions have interesting portraits and reverses. The Venetian
piece of 10 lire, 1797, is occasionally cited as a tallero ;
but it is worth at
least 8s. English money, and is, if anything, a double t. The Rossi
Catalogue ascribes this appellation to some of the later silver pieces of
large module, struck about the year 17 50 and afterward, with Repvblica
Veneta and a personified bust of the republic on rev., and on the obv. the
name of the doge. But these appear to belong to the Osella series, and
it may be questioned whether, the portrait varying,
it was not intended for
a likeness of the dogaressa.
Tanga and meia tanga, Portuguese silver colonial currency for Goa,
worth 60 and 30 reis respectively of local standard. The t. has on obv.
bust and titles, and on reverse value crowned. Early i8th c.
Tarin, a type struck by the Counts of Provence of the house of
Anjou, 1 3th c. The earliest bear, between two lis,
K for Karolus (Charles
I. of Anjou).
Taro, a gold denomination of the Arab Emirs of Sicily (loth-nth c).,
Lombard Dukes, with Opvlenta Salerno. Beneventum, 7th c. of the Two
;
Sicilies under the Norman rule, nth c. ;
and of Amalfi, nth c. The two
latter types were loans from Mohammedan coins. One of Roger
I. of
Sicily has T on one side for Trinacria. The Amalfitan taro may have
been struck by a temporary Sicilian ruler or occupier.
Taro, a small silver coin of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem at
Malta (i6th-i8th c.).
There are pieces of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 16, and 30
tari. The last was = i scudo di argento. There is a very rare 3-tari piece
of Gregorio Caraffa (1680-90), who had such a romantic escape from being
executed in lieu of being raised to the head of affairs. Rossi Cat., 1880,
No. 1814, cites a 2-tari piece of Gio. de Homedes, 1536-53, dated 1553;
but there is^one of 1538. The Maltese taro was introduced about 1525 ;
it
represented about 8Jd., five = a scudo, but it differed from time to time
in value and weight ;
the i6-taro piece is
very rare. Charles II. of Spain
(1665-1700) struck a 2-tari piece for the Two Sicilies.
Taro, a copper coin of the Knights of Malta, i6th c. It was confined
to a few masters. Gio. Paolo Lascaris, Grand Master, 1636-57, struck