The economic status of Ipswich in the Late Saxon Age is seen in the number of moneyers minting coins there.
Offa's coinage was produced largely at Canterbury, by named moneyers, was more plentiful than before, and of higher artistic merit.
Mr Hall spoke of their surprise that the building where the die was found - the house or workshop of a ‘moneyer’ or engraver - was of wattle construction.
The previous, small, dumpy, and rather informal silver coins were replaced by broader, thinner and heavier silver pennies which carried the name of the king and the moneyer.
The moneyer's name, Eoba, is on the reverse, each letter in a petal of a quatrefoil.
Definition of moneyer in US English:
moneyer
nounˈmənēər
archaic
A person who mints money.
〈古〉铸币者
Example sentencesExamples
Offa's coinage was produced largely at Canterbury, by named moneyers, was more plentiful than before, and of higher artistic merit.
The economic status of Ipswich in the Late Saxon Age is seen in the number of moneyers minting coins there.
The moneyer's name, Eoba, is on the reverse, each letter in a petal of a quatrefoil.
Mr Hall spoke of their surprise that the building where the die was found - the house or workshop of a ‘moneyer’ or engraver - was of wattle construction.
The previous, small, dumpy, and rather informal silver coins were replaced by broader, thinner and heavier silver pennies which carried the name of the king and the moneyer.