Chienes Pubblico Deposited
A term found in an ordinance of 1380 which reads minuta moneta chiamata chiens che ad essi costo la somma di 15 franchi; and a document of Liege of 1382 reads certaine monnaie que on appeloit Kiennes, Du Cange as- sumes that in all probability these are the popular names of some coins with a figure of a dog upon them.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)