Q. An obsolete English dialect symbol,
meaniiijr a Farthing, anrl probably an abbreviation
of Quadrans.
In a work entitled Hcronlr of thr (ircatc
Artes, If)?;") (p. 29), occurs the passage:
"q a farthing the liij part of a penny."
Qaz. Srr Kasbegi.
Quadrans, or Teruncia. The fourth
part of the As. It bears on the obverse
the head of Hercules and on the reverse
the prow of a galley. On each side are
three bosses, indicating its weight of three
ounces. See Aes Grave, and Vierer.
Quadrant. The same as Quadrans. but
tlic name is also given to the copper Farthing
struck by Edward IV for Ireland.
Quadrigati. A name given in ancient
times to such varieties of the Roman Denarii
as have a four-horse chariot on the
reverse.
Quadrilateral Pieces. A general name
given to the so-called Roman Quadrussis
and Qnincussis, on account of their rectangular
shape.
These curious coins bear on tiiem rejjresentations
of objects of exchange or .symbols
and allusions to the victories of the
Roman armies. One of the animals depicted
on a variety of these coins is an
elephant in connection with the battle of
Asculum, B.C. 279, which circumstance
would fix the approximate date of these
pieces, as the elephant was unknown to the
Romans before that time.
The Quadrussis and Quineussis weighed
respectively four and tive Roman pounds.
Quadruble. A term used on a coin
struck in 1786 for the French possessions
in Africa. See Zay (pp. 241-242).
Quadrupla. A large Italian gold coin
wiiich obtains its name from being four
times the size of some other current gold
denomination.
It occurs in the Papal series of four
times the value and weight of the Scudo di
Oro ; the Emperor Charles V struck it for
Naples and Sicily in 1547 ; Alberieo Cibo
for Massa di Lunigiana; Ferdinand Oonzaga
(1612-1626) for Mantua, etc.
[
It is common to Savoy where its original
value was four Scudi di Oro and later
eighty Lira. In the Milan coinage it is
found during the seventeenth century, and
is known as the Doppia da Due.
Quadruple. See Ecu Pistolet.
Quadrussis. A piece of four Asses.
Some of the large, cast, rectangular Roman
bronze bars are, from their weights, supposed
to represent Quadrusses. See Quadrilateral
pieces.
Quakers' Money. A name given to
those crowns of Queen Anne which bear
plumes in the angles of the cross formed
liy the shields. The plumes indicate that
the silver was obtained from Welsh mines,
aiul the Company by which the mines were
operated comprised among its members
many persons of the Society of Friends.
Quan, or Qwan. The unit of value of
the empire of Annam, and which was introduced
during the reign of the Emperor
Minh-mang (1820-1842). It is a base silver
coin with a sixteen or twenty-rayed sun on
one side and a dragon on the reverse. See
Fonrobert (2112-2114, 2123-2124). Under
the Emperor Tu-Dnk (1847-1883) a silver
rectangular bar of three Quan was issued.
Fonrobert (2133).
The Quan represented a value of half
a Piastre or Tambac-tron (q.v.), and was
divided into six hundred Sepeks. Ten
Qnans in a single block formed a Chuc'
;
the French soldiers and sailors called this
bh>ck "a sow," from its resemblance to
the metal pigs used for ballast in vessels.
The string of cash is also known as a
Quan and has superseded the older word
Man.
The silver coin of four Francs, struck
by Norodom T, King of Cambodia in 1860,
is also called a Qwan. Sec also Kwan.
Quan Tien. The Annamese name for a
string of 600 Cash. See Tien.
Quarantano. A silver coin of Parma,
of the value of forty Soldi, struck by
Ranuccio II (1646-1694). In Jlodena, under
Francesco III (1737-1780), it was issued
at the same value but of a debased
silver. Conf. Carantano, supra.
lici
Quart. A silver coin of Geneva and
other Swiss cantons, issued during the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. Its
value was three Deniers and multiples of
two. three, and six Quarts were struck.
Quart. See Qiiarto.
Quartarii. Lampridius Sev. Alex. (39),
states that the Emperor Severus Alexander
caused fourths of the Aureus, or Quartarii,
to be struck. None until the reign of Gallienus,
however, have come down to us.
Quartaro. A copper coin of Genoa, issued
under Republican rule (1252-1339).
It bears on one side a griffin rampant, and
on the reverse a cross.
Quartarola. A gold coin of Genoa, the
one fourth of the Genovino iq.v.). It was
issued in the twelfth century and remained
in use until the termination of the Sforza
dynasty.
Quartarolo. A copper coin of Venice,
issued by the Doge Pietro Ziani (1205-
1229), and continued by some of his successors.
It does not, however, appear to
have been struck after the fourteenth centurj-.
The general type has a cross with
lilies in the angles. It was copied at
Verona bv Giovanni Galeazzo Visconti
(13S7-1402).
Quart d'Ecu. A silver coin of France,
first issued in the reign of Henri III (1574-
1589), with a corresponding Huitieme
d'Ecu. The name of the former coin was
corrupted into Cardeeu, and it was a legal
tender in England in 1625 for nineteen
Pence half Penny, during the suspension
of the Tower mint at London, on account
of the plague. There were varieties for
Beam, Navarre, Dauphiny, etc. See Ruding
(i. 382).
Quau^er. The pojjidar name for the silver
coin of twenty-five cents of the United
States, it lieing the one fourth part of the
Dolhir.
Quartemariae Formae were certain gold
medallions, ('(lual to four Aurei in weight,
said by Lampridius, Sev. Alex. (39), to
have been struck by the Emperor Elagabalus.
None have come down to us.
Quartinho. A gold coin of Portugal issued
in the reign of .Joseph (1750-1777).
It succeeded the Moidore (retired in the
previous reign), and obtains its name on
[1
account of it being one fourth in value
of the latter coin, i.e., one thousand Reis.
Quartinhos of twelve hundred Reis were,
however, occasionally issued. It was abolished
about 1792. See Cuartino.
Quartino. A Papal gold coin, the one
fourth of the Scudo di Oro. It was issued
during the .scde vacant c of 1740, and under
Benedict XIV.
Quarto, sometimes called Cuarto, a copper
coin of Spain, of the value of one
ijuarter of a Real. It dates from the time
of Ferdinand and Isabella. During the
French occupation of Barcelona and Catalonia
from 1808 to 1814, pieces of one
lialf (i.e., Ochavos), one. two, and four
Quartos were issued, and after the Spanish
rule was resumed multiples as high as
six Quartos appeared.
In 1802 private firms at Gibraltar issued
tokens of one and two Quartos valued respectively
at a half Penny and a Penny.
A regal coinage was introduced by Great
Britain in 1842, consisting of a half Quart,
Quart, and two Quarts, the Quart being
equal to a half Penny.
Quateme, or Quem. Poe.y d'Avant (ii.
210), states that the Counts of Barcelona
in the eleventh century issued gold coins
of this name which were computed at one
fourth of the Soldo d'Oro. See Tern.
Quatemio, Quartemiones, or Quadruple
Aurei were struck by certain of the
Roman emjierors, notably Augustus, Domitian,
Gallienus, and others.
Quatrine. The same as Quattrino. See
also Sequin.
Quattie. The nickname given in the
island of Jamaica to the silver coin of
three half Pence issued by "William IV
and Victoria from 1834 to 1*862. It is also
known as the half Bit. Src Chalmers (p.
110).
Quattrinello. The diminutive of Quattrino.
The term was used in Bologna in
or about 1508 for the small Papal coins
of .Julius II.
Quattrino. An Italian coin which occurs
botli in copper and billon and which
originally was the fourth part of the
C. rosso (q.v.). It was issued at Ferrara,
Milan, Bologna, Venice, and other Italian
states. A reference to this coin is found
94]
Queen Anne Farthing Qwan
ill a ballad circulated in Florence shortly
after Martin V had been elected Pope in
1415 ; he is thus referred to
:
I'apa Martlno
Non vale un qunttrlno.
The Quattrino was later made the fifth
part (sic) of the Baioccho (q.v.). Multiples
exist of three Quattrini in copper, and
five and ten Quattrini in silver.
The one in the Papal series is generally
known as the Quattrino Romano, and one
struck for Lucca from 1684 to 1733 on
which there is a fiorure of a panther siipportin<
r the municipal arras is called the
Quattrino Panterino. It was of silver and
of the value of one eigrhth of the Bolognino.
See Ducato.
The Quattrino is in all [irobahility the
coin referred to by Andrew Boorde, in his
Introduction to Knowhdcjr, 1547 (179),
who says '
' In bras they haue Kateryns and
byokes and denares.
"
Queen Anne Farthing. Sec Farthing.
Queen Gold. This obsolete form of
English revenue is described as follows by
Wharton, in his Law Lexicon, 1864.
'
' It is a royal revenue which belonged
to every queen consort during her marriage
with the King, and was due from
every person who had made a voluntary
offer or fine to the King amounting to ten
marks or upwards."
It is mentioned by Blount, in his Ancient
Tenures, 1679 (36), and Blackstone
in his Commentaries (i. 221) says that
"The queen ... is entitled to an antient
perquisite called queen-gold or anrum reginae."
Quentin, or Quentchen. The one sixtyfourth
of the Mark (q.v.).
Quern. See Quaterne.
Quid. A slang English term for a
Guinea or a Sovereign. Thomas Shadwell,
in his play, The Squire of Alsatia, 1688
(iii. 1), makes use of the expression, "Let
me equip thee with a Quid," and Bret
Harte, in his tale. The Ghosts of Stitkeley
Castle, introduces a stable boy who wishes
to sell a three-legged stool for '
' five quid. '
'
Quinarius. A Roman silver coin of one
half the weight and value of the Denarius.
It hears on the obverse the head of Minerva
and the figure V, i.e., five Asses; the reverse
is the same as the Deuarius.
After B.C. 217, in which year the value
of the Denarius was altered, the Quinarius
was only issued at intervals.
The gold Quinarius was half the Aureus
and was coined dTiring the first three centuries.
Quincunx, Quicunx, or Cingus. One of
the divisions of the As of the weight of
five ounces. See Aes Grave.
Quincussis. A name given to one of the
large Roman rectangular copper coins, its
weight being about five Roman pounds.
See Quadrilateral Pieces.
Quindicino. A small silver coin struck
by the Emperor Charles V for the Duchy
of Milan (1535-1556). It has a crowned
vase on one side, and a wreath on the reverse.
Quiniones. The name given to certain
large Roman gold or silver medallions,
e(iual in weight to Quintuple Aurei or
Denarii.
Quint. See Nova Constellatio.
Quinto. The common designation for
the one fifth of the silver Fiorino of Florence.
But the same name was applied to the
tifth of the Ducato at an earlier period, as
in a monetary decree of 1531 it was ordered
that the Quinto di Ducato, that is,
the money of four Grossi, should be valued
at one Lira and ten Soldi.
Quintuple. A name given to the Neapolitan
gold coin of five Ducati. See Ducato.
Quirate. See Kirate.
Quirino. A silver coin of the value of
eight Soldi struck in Correggio during the
sixteenth centurj-. It takes its name from
the figure of St. Quirinus on one side of
the coin.
Quran. The half Rupee in the coinage
of Afghanistan is so called. See Sanar.
Qwan. See Quan.
meaniiijr a Farthing, anrl probably an abbreviation
of Quadrans.
In a work entitled Hcronlr of thr (ircatc
Artes, If)?;") (p. 29), occurs the passage:
"q a farthing the liij part of a penny."
Qaz. Srr Kasbegi.
Quadrans, or Teruncia. The fourth
part of the As. It bears on the obverse
the head of Hercules and on the reverse
the prow of a galley. On each side are
three bosses, indicating its weight of three
ounces. See Aes Grave, and Vierer.
Quadrant. The same as Quadrans. but
tlic name is also given to the copper Farthing
struck by Edward IV for Ireland.
Quadrigati. A name given in ancient
times to such varieties of the Roman Denarii
as have a four-horse chariot on the
reverse.
Quadrilateral Pieces. A general name
given to the so-called Roman Quadrussis
and Qnincussis, on account of their rectangular
shape.
These curious coins bear on tiiem rejjresentations
of objects of exchange or .symbols
and allusions to the victories of the
Roman armies. One of the animals depicted
on a variety of these coins is an
elephant in connection with the battle of
Asculum, B.C. 279, which circumstance
would fix the approximate date of these
pieces, as the elephant was unknown to the
Romans before that time.
The Quadrussis and Quineussis weighed
respectively four and tive Roman pounds.
Quadruble. A term used on a coin
struck in 1786 for the French possessions
in Africa. See Zay (pp. 241-242).
Quadrupla. A large Italian gold coin
wiiich obtains its name from being four
times the size of some other current gold
denomination.
It occurs in the Papal series of four
times the value and weight of the Scudo di
Oro ; the Emperor Charles V struck it for
Naples and Sicily in 1547 ; Alberieo Cibo
for Massa di Lunigiana; Ferdinand Oonzaga
(1612-1626) for Mantua, etc.
[
It is common to Savoy where its original
value was four Scudi di Oro and later
eighty Lira. In the Milan coinage it is
found during the seventeenth century, and
is known as the Doppia da Due.
Quadruple. See Ecu Pistolet.
Quadrussis. A piece of four Asses.
Some of the large, cast, rectangular Roman
bronze bars are, from their weights, supposed
to represent Quadrusses. See Quadrilateral
pieces.
Quakers' Money. A name given to
those crowns of Queen Anne which bear
plumes in the angles of the cross formed
liy the shields. The plumes indicate that
the silver was obtained from Welsh mines,
aiul the Company by which the mines were
operated comprised among its members
many persons of the Society of Friends.
Quan, or Qwan. The unit of value of
the empire of Annam, and which was introduced
during the reign of the Emperor
Minh-mang (1820-1842). It is a base silver
coin with a sixteen or twenty-rayed sun on
one side and a dragon on the reverse. See
Fonrobert (2112-2114, 2123-2124). Under
the Emperor Tu-Dnk (1847-1883) a silver
rectangular bar of three Quan was issued.
Fonrobert (2133).
The Quan represented a value of half
a Piastre or Tambac-tron (q.v.), and was
divided into six hundred Sepeks. Ten
Qnans in a single block formed a Chuc'
;
the French soldiers and sailors called this
bh>ck "a sow," from its resemblance to
the metal pigs used for ballast in vessels.
The string of cash is also known as a
Quan and has superseded the older word
Man.
The silver coin of four Francs, struck
by Norodom T, King of Cambodia in 1860,
is also called a Qwan. Sec also Kwan.
Quan Tien. The Annamese name for a
string of 600 Cash. See Tien.
Quarantano. A silver coin of Parma,
of the value of forty Soldi, struck by
Ranuccio II (1646-1694). In Jlodena, under
Francesco III (1737-1780), it was issued
at the same value but of a debased
silver. Conf. Carantano, supra.
lici
Quart. A silver coin of Geneva and
other Swiss cantons, issued during the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. Its
value was three Deniers and multiples of
two. three, and six Quarts were struck.
Quart. See Qiiarto.
Quartarii. Lampridius Sev. Alex. (39),
states that the Emperor Severus Alexander
caused fourths of the Aureus, or Quartarii,
to be struck. None until the reign of Gallienus,
however, have come down to us.
Quartaro. A copper coin of Genoa, issued
under Republican rule (1252-1339).
It bears on one side a griffin rampant, and
on the reverse a cross.
Quartarola. A gold coin of Genoa, the
one fourth of the Genovino iq.v.). It was
issued in the twelfth century and remained
in use until the termination of the Sforza
dynasty.
Quartarolo. A copper coin of Venice,
issued by the Doge Pietro Ziani (1205-
1229), and continued by some of his successors.
It does not, however, appear to
have been struck after the fourteenth centurj-.
The general type has a cross with
lilies in the angles. It was copied at
Verona bv Giovanni Galeazzo Visconti
(13S7-1402).
Quart d'Ecu. A silver coin of France,
first issued in the reign of Henri III (1574-
1589), with a corresponding Huitieme
d'Ecu. The name of the former coin was
corrupted into Cardeeu, and it was a legal
tender in England in 1625 for nineteen
Pence half Penny, during the suspension
of the Tower mint at London, on account
of the plague. There were varieties for
Beam, Navarre, Dauphiny, etc. See Ruding
(i. 382).
Quau^er. The pojjidar name for the silver
coin of twenty-five cents of the United
States, it lieing the one fourth part of the
Dolhir.
Quartemariae Formae were certain gold
medallions, ('(lual to four Aurei in weight,
said by Lampridius, Sev. Alex. (39), to
have been struck by the Emperor Elagabalus.
None have come down to us.
Quartinho. A gold coin of Portugal issued
in the reign of .Joseph (1750-1777).
It succeeded the Moidore (retired in the
previous reign), and obtains its name on
[1
account of it being one fourth in value
of the latter coin, i.e., one thousand Reis.
Quartinhos of twelve hundred Reis were,
however, occasionally issued. It was abolished
about 1792. See Cuartino.
Quartino. A Papal gold coin, the one
fourth of the Scudo di Oro. It was issued
during the .scde vacant c of 1740, and under
Benedict XIV.
Quarto, sometimes called Cuarto, a copper
coin of Spain, of the value of one
ijuarter of a Real. It dates from the time
of Ferdinand and Isabella. During the
French occupation of Barcelona and Catalonia
from 1808 to 1814, pieces of one
lialf (i.e., Ochavos), one. two, and four
Quartos were issued, and after the Spanish
rule was resumed multiples as high as
six Quartos appeared.
In 1802 private firms at Gibraltar issued
tokens of one and two Quartos valued respectively
at a half Penny and a Penny.
A regal coinage was introduced by Great
Britain in 1842, consisting of a half Quart,
Quart, and two Quarts, the Quart being
equal to a half Penny.
Quateme, or Quem. Poe.y d'Avant (ii.
210), states that the Counts of Barcelona
in the eleventh century issued gold coins
of this name which were computed at one
fourth of the Soldo d'Oro. See Tern.
Quatemio, Quartemiones, or Quadruple
Aurei were struck by certain of the
Roman emjierors, notably Augustus, Domitian,
Gallienus, and others.
Quatrine. The same as Quattrino. See
also Sequin.
Quattie. The nickname given in the
island of Jamaica to the silver coin of
three half Pence issued by "William IV
and Victoria from 1834 to 1*862. It is also
known as the half Bit. Src Chalmers (p.
110).
Quattrinello. The diminutive of Quattrino.
The term was used in Bologna in
or about 1508 for the small Papal coins
of .Julius II.
Quattrino. An Italian coin which occurs
botli in copper and billon and which
originally was the fourth part of the
C. rosso (q.v.). It was issued at Ferrara,
Milan, Bologna, Venice, and other Italian
states. A reference to this coin is found
94]
Queen Anne Farthing Qwan
ill a ballad circulated in Florence shortly
after Martin V had been elected Pope in
1415 ; he is thus referred to
:
I'apa Martlno
Non vale un qunttrlno.
The Quattrino was later made the fifth
part (sic) of the Baioccho (q.v.). Multiples
exist of three Quattrini in copper, and
five and ten Quattrini in silver.
The one in the Papal series is generally
known as the Quattrino Romano, and one
struck for Lucca from 1684 to 1733 on
which there is a fiorure of a panther siipportin<
r the municipal arras is called the
Quattrino Panterino. It was of silver and
of the value of one eigrhth of the Bolognino.
See Ducato.
The Quattrino is in all [irobahility the
coin referred to by Andrew Boorde, in his
Introduction to Knowhdcjr, 1547 (179),
who says '
' In bras they haue Kateryns and
byokes and denares.
"
Queen Anne Farthing. Sec Farthing.
Queen Gold. This obsolete form of
English revenue is described as follows by
Wharton, in his Law Lexicon, 1864.
'
' It is a royal revenue which belonged
to every queen consort during her marriage
with the King, and was due from
every person who had made a voluntary
offer or fine to the King amounting to ten
marks or upwards."
It is mentioned by Blount, in his Ancient
Tenures, 1679 (36), and Blackstone
in his Commentaries (i. 221) says that
"The queen ... is entitled to an antient
perquisite called queen-gold or anrum reginae."
Quentin, or Quentchen. The one sixtyfourth
of the Mark (q.v.).
Quern. See Quaterne.
Quid. A slang English term for a
Guinea or a Sovereign. Thomas Shadwell,
in his play, The Squire of Alsatia, 1688
(iii. 1), makes use of the expression, "Let
me equip thee with a Quid," and Bret
Harte, in his tale. The Ghosts of Stitkeley
Castle, introduces a stable boy who wishes
to sell a three-legged stool for '
' five quid. '
'
Quinarius. A Roman silver coin of one
half the weight and value of the Denarius.
It hears on the obverse the head of Minerva
and the figure V, i.e., five Asses; the reverse
is the same as the Deuarius.
After B.C. 217, in which year the value
of the Denarius was altered, the Quinarius
was only issued at intervals.
The gold Quinarius was half the Aureus
and was coined dTiring the first three centuries.
Quincunx, Quicunx, or Cingus. One of
the divisions of the As of the weight of
five ounces. See Aes Grave.
Quincussis. A name given to one of the
large Roman rectangular copper coins, its
weight being about five Roman pounds.
See Quadrilateral Pieces.
Quindicino. A small silver coin struck
by the Emperor Charles V for the Duchy
of Milan (1535-1556). It has a crowned
vase on one side, and a wreath on the reverse.
Quiniones. The name given to certain
large Roman gold or silver medallions,
e(iual in weight to Quintuple Aurei or
Denarii.
Quint. See Nova Constellatio.
Quinto. The common designation for
the one fifth of the silver Fiorino of Florence.
But the same name was applied to the
tifth of the Ducato at an earlier period, as
in a monetary decree of 1531 it was ordered
that the Quinto di Ducato, that is,
the money of four Grossi, should be valued
at one Lira and ten Soldi.
Quintuple. A name given to the Neapolitan
gold coin of five Ducati. See Ducato.
Quirate. See Kirate.
Quirino. A silver coin of the value of
eight Soldi struck in Correggio during the
sixteenth centurj-. It takes its name from
the figure of St. Quirinus on one side of
the coin.
Quran. The half Rupee in the coinage
of Afghanistan is so called. See Sanar.
Qwan. See Quan.