Definition

• The popular name for the silver coin of twenty Grani issued by Charles II (1665-1700) for Naples and Sicily. The word is a corruption of pecor- ella, i.e., a young sheep, and the allusion is to the Order of the Golden Fleece, which is upon the coin. The name was retained at a later period for all coins of this type.

Quelle

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

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