- Mancus
- AS term referring to one eighth of a (monetary) pound, i.e. 30d or 2s 6d; it was a unit of account, not a coin. It was used in England from the late 8c.
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
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Mancus — (on rencontre parfois l orthographe mancosus), était un terme en usage dans l Europe du Haut Moyen Âge pour désigner soit une pièce d or, soit une mesure d or, ou encore une unité équivalant à trente deniers d argent. Il est très difficile de… … Wikipédia en Français
Mancus — Man cus, n. [AS.] 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mancus [1] — Mancus (Bot.), unvollkommen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Mancus [2] — Mancus (Mancusa, mittellat.), bei den Angelsachsen 1 Mark Silber, 10 M. = 1 Mark Gold … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
mancus — index deficient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Mancus — A mancus of king Æthelred II, 1003 1006. Mancus (sometimes spelt mancosus or similar) was a term used in early medieval Europe to denote either a gold coin, a weight of gold of 4.25g (equivalent to the Islamic dinar,[1] and thus lighter than … Wikipedia
Mancus, S. — S. Mancus (17. Mai al. 2. Sept.), Einsiedler in Cornwall. S. S. Mauditius … Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon
mancus — m ( es/ as) a mancus, thirty silver pence, one eighth of a pound (1) … Old to modern English dictionary
mancus — /maenkas/ See manca, mancus, or mancusa … Black's law dictionary
mancus — /maenkas/ See manca, mancus, or mancusa … Black's law dictionary
