Cryptic crossword clue
Kept by European under hat is a Roman coin 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SOLIDUS

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The straight part
We know that "Roman coin" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case roman coin = solidus.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SOLIDUS mean?

SOLIDUS noun
  1. A slashing action or motion, particularly:
  2. A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
  3. Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
  4. The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
  5. Slash fiction.
SOLIDUS noun
  1. A drink of something; a draft.
  2. A piss: an act of urination.
SOLIDUS noun
  1. A swampy area; a swamp.
  2. A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
SOLIDUS noun
  1. The period of a transitory breeze.
  2. An interval of good weather.
  3. The loose part of a rope; slack.
SOLIDUS noun
  1. Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account, particularly:
  2. The weight of the Roman gold coin, 1/60 of a Roman pound under Diocletian or 1/72 lb. (about 4.5 grams) after Constantine.
  3. A medieval French weight, 1/20 of the Carolingian pound.
  4. The formal name of the oblique strikethrough overlay (as in A̷ and B̸) in Unicode.
  5. The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether horizontal or oblique.
  6. The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid.

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