Definition of "mancus" []

• A gold coin used in Medieval Europe (noun)
• An equivalent unit of monetary account (noun)

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• "In the former case the mancus was the usual unit of calculation."
• "They might have flung me a mancus or two, however."
• "And when I had learnt it as I could best understand it, and as I could most clearly interpret it, I translated it into English; and I will send a copy to every bishopric in my kingdom; and on each there is a clasp worth fifty mancus."