530 
P I S 
Weight. 
Value. 
OZ 
dwt. ffr. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Quadruple piftole, or doubloon, ) 
17 
c 
fl 
coined before 1772 - - - S 
O 
3 
54 
Double piftole, before 1772 
O 
8 
i6J 
1 
13 
2 i 
Quarter piftole, or gold dollar, ) 
3 
before 1772 ----- $ 
I 
4 
34 
Quadruple piftole, or doubloon, ) 
of 1772 - - - - - - $ 
0 
17 
81 
3 
5 
10 
Half-piftole, or efeudo de oro, I 
of 1772 ------ 5 
0 
2 
4 
0 
8 
O i 
Z 2 
j Quarter piftole, or gold dollar, } 
j of 1772 ------ l 
0 
I 
3 
0 
4 
3 
j Quadruple piftole of 1801 - 
0 
17 
9 
3 
3 
IO 
| Double piftole of 1801 - - - 
0 
8 
i6i 
1 
I I 
I I 
j Piftole, or doubloon, of 1801 - 
0 
4 
H 
0 
IS 
112 
| Coronilla, or gold dollar, of 1801 
0 
I 
3 
0 
4 
I 
The imprefiions on the gold coins of Spain are as 
follow: On the doubloon or piftole is the head of the 
reigning king with name and title ; thus, carol, hi. 
d. g. hisp. et ind. rex. Reverfe, arms of Spain, with 
the collar of the golden fleece; legend, in 1740, initium 
sapi^nti.® Timor domini, The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of wifdorn ; in 1762, nomina magna seouor, 
I follow' great names; in 1763, in utrooue felix 
auspice deo, Happy in both under the divine aufpices : 
there is alfo at the bottom a letter to mark the place 
where the piece was coined ; thus M, with a crown over 
it, fignifies Madrid ; M with an O over it, Mexico : there 
are alfo one or two other letters, which vary, being the 
initials of the moneyer’s name. The double, quadruple, 
and half, piftoles, bear the fame imprefiions : but in 
modern coins, the half piftole is marked “ 1 s,” 1 fcudo, 
or gold crown; the Angle piftole “ 2 s,” and the others 
in proportion. The pieces coined between 1700 and 1723 
bear no head, but have the arms, and the king’s name 
with dei gra. on the reverfe, a crofs furrounded with 
different ornaments ; legend, hispaniarum rex. Thofe 
coined before that period are not round, but of an 
irregular fliape, and their imprefiions are very imperfedft. 
In Germany, under the name of piftolss are included 
the Saxon Auguft. d’ors, Pruflian Frederic d’ors, Brunf- 
wick Carl, d’ors, Hanoverian George d’ors, Dajjifti 
Holftein Chriftian d’ors, and the piftoles of Hefl’e, the 
Palatinate, Hildefheim, and Mecklenburg; all reckoned 
at five rix-dollars current; 35 pieces of each of thefe forts 
of money are to weigh a Cologne mark, and the gold to 
be 2i| carats fine; fo that 38||- pieces contain a Cologne 
mark of fine filver. The George d’or of Hanover is to 
weigh 4 dwt. 6£ gr. contents in pure gold, 92*6 gr. 
value in fterling, 16s. 4§d. The Hefle-Caffei piftole 
weighs 4 dwt. gr. contents in pure gold, 92 gr. value 
in fterling, 16s. 34-d. The George d’or of Hanover 
bears on the front the king’s arms; legend, georc. ii. 
d. g. m. e. f. et h. rex. f. d. reverfe, v thaler (5 
rix-dollars of account), and under this the date ; legend, 
BRUNS. ET LUN. DUX S. R. I. A. TH. ET ELECT, as On 
our Englifh coins till the union with Ireland. It is to be 
recolledted that his late majefty George III. (or the 
prince regent in his name) firft affumed the title of King 
of Hanover: the prefent king George IV. of England is 
therefore king George II. of Hanover. 
In Geneva, the gold coins are the old piftole of 11 
livres 10 fols; and the new piftole, coined fitice 1752, 
worth 10 livres current, or 35 florins, with double and 
triple piftoles in proportion. The old piftole of Geneva 
weighs 4 dwt. 7J gr. contents in pure gold, 92*5 gr. value 
in fterling, 16s. 4gd. The new piftole weighs 3 dwt. 
i5§ gr. contents in pure gold, 80 gr. value in fterling, 
14s. 2d. 
The piftole of Swifferland (1800) weighs 4 dwt. 21J gr. 
contents in pure gold, 106 gr. value in fterling, 18s. 9ft. 
F I S 
The piftole of Solettre is worth 18s. io|d. The impref- 
fions on the piftole of the Swifs republic are a foldier 
carrying a ftandard ; legend, helvetische republics ; 
reverfe, a crown of oak, containing 16 franken: the 
double piftole is marked 32 franken. The piftole of 
Lucerne bears the arms of the city, with the legend, 
respublicalucernensis; reverfe, a wreath of laurel, con¬ 
taining 12 m 2. gl. and under this the date. The double 
piftole is marked 24. The piftole of Soleure bears a warrior 
carrying a ftandard ; legend, s. ursus martyr ; reverfe, 
arms of the city ; legend, respublica solodorensis. 
The piftole, or doppia, o i Piedmont, of 1741 to 1785, 
weighs 6 dwt. 4^ gr. contents in pure gold, 134*2 gr. 
value in fterling, il. 3s. 9d. The piftole coined fince 
1785 weighs 5 dwt. 20 gr. contents in pure gold, 
127*8 gr. value in fterling, il. 2s. 7dg. The doppia or 
piftole of Genoa weighs 4 dwt. 75 gr. contents in pure 
gold, 93*4 gr. value in fterling, 16s. 6d|. For other par¬ 
ticulars relating to the piftole, both as a money of 
account and as a coin, we refer to Kelly’s Univerfal 
Cambift. 
PIS'TOLET,/ [French.] A little piftol.—I was sud¬ 
denly awakened by the report of a gun or pijiolet. 
Cafaubon on Credulity. —A coin. See Pistole. —Stamps 
made for the coining of pijlolets. Sir E. Sandy’s State of 
Relig. 
They will dance merrily upon your grave. 
And perhaps give a double pijiolet 
To fome poor needy friar to fay a tnafs, 
To keep your ghoft from walking. 
Beaum. and FI. Span. Curate. 
PISTOLO'CHIA. See Aristolochia and Fumacia- 
PIS'TON, f [French.] A movable part or member 
in feveral machines, particularly pumps, air-pumps, 
fyringes, See. called alfo the embolus, and popularly the 
fucker. See the article Mechanics. —There are two 
forts of pijlons ufed in pumps ; the one with a valve, 
which is called a bucket', and the other without a valve, 
which is called a forcer. Chambers. 
PIS'TOR, a furname given to Jupiter by the Romans, 
fignifying Baker, becaufe, when their city was taken by 
the Gauls, the god perfuaded them to throw down loaves 
from the Tarpeian-hill where they were befieged, that the 
enemy might from thence fuppofe, that they were not in 
want of provisions, though in reality they were near fur¬ 
rendering through famine. This deceived the Gauls, 
and they foon after railed the fiege. 
PISTO'RI A. See Pistoia. 
PISTO'RIAL, or Pistorian, adj. Belonging to a 
baker; belonging to baking. Cole. 
PISTO'RIUS (John), foil of a Lutheran divine of ]he 
fame name, was born at Nidda in 1546. He was brought 
up to phyfic, in which profefiion he took the degree of 
doctor, but after a time he quitted it, and applied to 
jurifprudence. He was madecounfellor to the Margrave 
of Baden Dourlach, and contributed to the foundation 
of the college of Dourlach. Becoming a convert to the 
Roman Catholic religion, he was created a doftor in 
theology, and engaged in controverfy with the Lutherans. 
He was rewarded by the polls of counfellor to the 
emperor, provoft of the cathedral of Breflau, and domeftic 
prelate of the abbot of Fulda. He died at Friburg in 
1608. This learned man, befides hiscontroverfial works, 
publiflied, 1. Scriptores Rerum Polonicarum, fol. 1582. 
2. Illuftrium veterum Scriptorum de Rebus Germanicis, 
3 tom. fol. 1584—1607; a curious and valuable col- 
leiftion, of which the third volume was reprinted fepa- 
rately at Frankfort in 1654, with the title of “ Chronicon 
magnum Belgicum.” 4. Artis Cabalillicte Scriptores, 
1587. Moreri. 
PISTRI'NA, a town of Servia : forty-eight miles fouth- 
welt of Nifla, and 100 miles eaft ofRagufa. 
PISTRIT'ZER, a river of Saxony, which runs into 
the Elbe near Wittenberg. 
PIS TY'RUS, 
a 
