 The existence of moneyer and mint names on each and every coin provide valuable evidence for the study of not only mint structure (in terms of how productive certain moneyers were, or how many shared dies) but also of contemporary naming patterns and – to some extent – the makeup of the population.Mints located in the old Danelaw, like York and Lincoln, contained a preponderance of moneyers with Scandinavian names, whilst one sometimes comes across moneyers all over the country with continental names, or even more exotic names in Old Irish.This first type, usually known as the "First small cross" or "Reform" type, remained in currency for Edgar's last years, the whole of Edward the Martyr's short reign and even into the first years of Æthelred II, who came to the throne in 978/9.