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THE COLLECTOR SERIES
vingian trientes his name occurs with or without that
of the ruler and the state. The same individual car-
ried out his operations at several places, alike in the
case of that series and in the case of some of the later
German and Low Country money. On Anglo-Saxon
pennies the moneyer inscribed his name in a similar
manner, often omitting that of his employer. He
thereby vouched for the authenticity of his work. We
have before us, to an almost surprising extent, the
names of the men who struck the Merovingian series in
the Netherlands, Germany, and France, the Anglo-
Saxon one in England, and the mediaeval productions
in several of the Italian republics. The more complete
identification of initials and monograms may hereafter
greatly add to our knowledge in this respect, and in
that of the engravers.
Milnz-recht—The right to strike money vested in
the Roman and German emperors, as it had been in
the Roman Senate prior to Augustus, who assumed the
authority to coin the more precious metals, leaving the
legislative assembly control over the bronze. The
m'unz-reclit was conferred by degrees on most of the
European rulers and cities, with or without reser-
vation.
Mute—Destitute of a legend or other means of iden-
tification beyond those furnished by heraldic or symbo-
lical devices.
Navarre—A blame of Charles II., 1349-87, reads
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