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What is a moneyer?

What is a moneyer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaic) A moneylender.
  2. (historical) Someone who makes coins; an official minter.
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It is assumed that these words indicate that Bernwald was a moneyer who was authorised by Alfred to strike coins at Oxford.
Although many of the coins bear the name of a moneyer, there is no indication of the mint where each coin was struck.
The new pennies almost invariably carried both Offa's name and the name of the moneyer from whose mint the coins came.
This one is known as a long cross cut halfpenny, struck in London by the moneyer Davi or David.
These were small silver pennies, which often did not bear the name of either the moneyer or the king for whom they were produced.
It is clear that the moneyer had no understanding of Arabic as the Arabic text contains many errors.

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