coinus

coinus [OF coin < cuneus, q.v.] 1 a wedge. b (?) quoin or ridge-tile. a 1278 pro xxiiij coynis ferreis viz. wegges ad quareram (KR Ac 485/22 m. 1) Building in Eng. 331.  b 1390 pro ij coynis, ij d. (Ac. King’s Hall) Arch. Hist. Camb. II 439n; 1393 et in x ~is [Arch. Soc. Derb XI 135: †comis] pro crestyng’ ejusdem domus DL MinAc 368/6149. 2 stamp (for coining). 1248 ne ‥ posset fraus fieri de legali moneta regni, ‥ facta sunt duo assaia ‥ de argento ‥, que ‥ quodam †quonio [? l. quoino] inpressa posita sunt in thesauro domini regis. ‥ consimiliter facta sunt plura assaia ‥ dicto †conio [? l. coino] signata ‥ (Examinatio Monete) Oxnead app. 317.