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Definition of Mancus
1. n. An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.
Definition of Mancus
1. Noun. A gold coin used in Medieval Europe ¹
2. Noun. An equivalent unit of monetary account ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mancus
1. an old English coin [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mancus
Literary usage of Mancus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"The mancus was one-eighth of a pund: or 30 penings. ... The mancus in the time
of Athelstan was the standard price of an ox. 2. ..."
2. The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest by Thomas Hodgkin (1906)
"The mancus was one-eighth of a pund: or 30 penings. ... The mancus in the time
of Athelstan was the standard price of an ox. 2. ..."
3. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1843)
"THE GOLD " mancus." [Read before the Numismatic Society, March 24, 1842.] IN a
letter with which we have been favoured by Monsieur A. de ..."
4. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as by George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane (1846)
"It is observable that a gold coin, sometimes called a mancus, ... The mark used
to be supposed the same with the mancus, but this opinion is now quite ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"This species is very closely allie< to M. mancus, Smith, from which it can be
distinguished as follows : In mancus the cerci of the male are much longer ..."
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