Tremissis - Moneyer Elafius Banassac

Banassac, in the Lozère, was one of the more productive Merovingian minting sites — a rural location whose output was substantial enough to leave a traceable sequence of named moneyers across the seventh century. Elafius is among the better-documented of these figures, his name appearing consistently enough across surviving pieces to suggest a sustained tenure rather than a fleeting appointment. Merovingian monetary administration devolved heavily onto individual moneyers, who bore personal responsibility for the fineness of their output — a fact reflected in the insistence on naming them directly on the coinage itself.