Obs. Also 8 lionine. [ad. med.L. leōnīna, app. fem. of leōnīnus (see next), but the reason of the name is not clear: cf. quot. 1749.] A counterfeit coin, of the reign of Edward I., brought into England from abroad.
[c. 1350. W. Hemingburgh, Chronicon (1849), II. 187. Monetas plurimas et pessimi metalli, pollardorum … leoninarum dormientium, et aliorum diversorum nominum.]
1577–87. Holinshed, Chron., III. 309/1. There were diuerse monies in those dates [1300] currant within this realme, as pollards, crocards, staldings, eagles, leonines,… and all these were white monies, artificiallie made of siluer, copper, and sulphur.
1749. J. Simon, Ess. Irish Coins, 15, note. These Croccards, Pollards, and other foreign coins, called Mitres, Lionines, Rosaries, Rosanines, Eagles, &c. from the stamp or figures impressed on them, were privately brought from France, and other parts beyond the seas, and uttered here for pennies.
Leonine sb.2: see LEONINE a.2
