The tornesel, tornesol, or tornese was a silver coin of Europe in the Late Middle Ages and the early modern era. It took its name from the denier tournois...
Frederick II introduced the augustalis, which was a quarter of an oncia. The tornesel, tornesol, or tornese was a silver coin of Europe in the Late Middle Ages...
1806 • Two Sicilies established 8 December 1816 Population • c. 1600 10,000,000 Currency Tarì Tornesel Ducat Neapolitan lira Cavallo Today part of Italy...
name of the silver coins, itself also not existing as a single unit; the tornesel (Italian: tornese) was the name of the copper coins, which were worth half...
French Revolutionary Wars • French invasion 21 January January 21, 1799 • Sicilian invasion 13 June June 13, 1799 Currency Tornesel, Neapolitan carlino...
24 kilograms (53 lb) of silver coins and ingots. The 3141 coins are all Tornesel, from the late 13th and early 14th century, thus making up the largest...
while yet another one had the "Carolingian temple" already used in the tornesels by Louis the Pious. After the reconquest of Bari Louis settled in Benevento...
Emperor Charles IV owed the deceased Count Otto, he assigned 1½ old large tornesel from some water or land tolls. Often to such grants this clause was added:...
to have a minimum mesh size of 25.5 mm (1 inch), the width of a silver tornesel coin. There was also a size minimum for caught fish.: 189 The fish on...
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