Italian currency before the euro (4)
I believe the answer is:
lira
'italian currency before the euro' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for lira that I've seen before include "Old unit of Italian money" , "Former unit of currency in Italy" , "Monetary unit of Italy" , "Pre-euro currency unit in Italy" , "Turkish currency" .)