Old European coin (5)
I believe the answer is:
ducat
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">old european coin</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(historical type of coin)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ducat that I've seen before include "Former Eur. gold coin" , "Coin once used" , "Money no longer" , "Cut Da out an old coin" , "Ancient coin" .)