1) Coin of Spain 2) Medieval currency 
• (n.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.
Mar`a·ve'di noun [ Spanish maravedí ; -- so called from the Morābitīn (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which reigned in Africa and Spain. Confer Marabout .] (Numis.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthin...
The maravedi was a Spanish coin of the 11th and 12th centuries, first struck at Cordova as a gold coin by the Almoravides. After 1474 it was the smallest Spanish bronze coin. It ceased circulation in 1848.