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

240 The Coins of Europe
source. Desiderius, King of the Lombards, 755-74, struck tremisses
stellati, so called of course from the star used as a mark or a symbol.
Trillina, a billon piece of Milan under Galeazzo Maria and Bianca
Visconti (1466-68) and some of their successors. It appears to have
been \ of the testonej and the design for both under Lodovico Maria
Sforza (1494-1500) was made by Leonardo da Vinci during his stay at
the court of the Duke. The same hand engraved the die for the double
testone in gold.
Trouvaille, a word familiar enough to numismatists in connection
with periodical discoveries under all sorts of conditions of ancient coins
of all countries, by which new types and varieties are brought to light,
and rare pieces sometimes made commoner. Copious notices of these
finds occur in the French and other foreign Numismatic Transactions.
Two of the most important of recent years were those of early papal
danari at Rome and of early French royal and feudal money in the Rue
Neuve du Temple at Paris.
Tutn, a Brabantine and Dutch billon coin of the I4th and I5th c.
The single and double groot or groat of the type of the lion enclosed in
a hedge.
Turnosc, a silver coin of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, East Friesland, etc.,
a degenerate type of the gros tournois. It occurs as a coin of the Counts
of East Friesland as early as 1
504. Comp. Tornese and Wapenturnose.
Tivccblanksfcnning, a piece of two plated pennings or pfennings, current
in Brabant in the i6th c. There are some with the head of Charles
V. of Spain (1515-56).
Tvueeguldenstiik, a piece of two silver gulden or florins. It occurs
with variations, and seems to be similar to the Leeuendaalder or Lionthaler.
Tynf, or tymf= 18 Polish groschen, a billon coin of Poland and
Prussia, i8th c., and the name of certain pieces struck by Elizabeth of
Russia during her occupation of part of Prussia, 1759-62. The Polish
tynfs were struck by Augustus III. at Leipsic. There is one of Frederick
II. of Prussia, struck at Konigsberg in 1752. Blanchet (ii. 194) states
that Peter the Great struck the tynf ;
but this is doubtful.
Ungaro, or Ongaro, the Italian name for the Hungarian gold type of
Matthias Corvinus, with the Virgin and Child, imitated both by several
of the Italian States and in the Low Countries. We find it struck at
Correggio in the Modenese, 1 6th- 1 7th c., and by Cosmo III. of Tuscany,
1670-1723.
Unicrijksdaalder, the rix-dollar of the Low Countries, issued concurrently
with the Spanish money (1586-87).
Vacquette, or bacquettc, a billon piece struck by the Vicomtes de
Beam in the early part of the I5th c., with a cow as the type = ( obole or
petit denier). The piece under this name long continued in use, and
was coined under Henry IV. of France and Navarre for Beam, with two
crowned H.'s and two cows in the field. There is an imitation of the
gros de Nesle, 1 587, with three cows in the field.
Valtans, the name which we find given to certain billon deniers of
Cambrai, 1347 = 1 denier tournois.
Comp. On-le-vault.
Velddaalder, a daalder or thaler struck for military emergencies. One
of Groningen, 1577, was so termed. Comp. Feldthaler.
Vereinigungsthaler, a denomination of Anhalt-Dessau, 1863.