Definizione

• An Italian word meaning strewn or decorated with lilies. The name was orignially applied to a variety of the Carlino (q.v.) issued by Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples and Sicily (1285-1309). The reverse of this silver coin bears a short cross surrounded with lilies. The type was copied in Piedmont, Durazzo, by the Grand Masters of the Order of Malta, etc.

  The Fiorini d'Oro of Florence bearing the figure of a lily are also called by the same name.

Fonte

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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