Maerra Peninga Publique Deposited
This term occurs in the Anglo-Saxon laws of Aelfred, and is translated into "larger pennies." Ruding (i. 110) thinks that with at least equal propriety, "it might have been rendered pure, or as it would now be called, lawful money."
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)