>Yes but among the English speaking world (including the Maltese) it is referred to as a pound. Incidentally, the old UK money, pounds, shillings and pence (there were 20 shillings in a pound, and 12 pence in a shilling) used to be represented as £ s. d., which stood for LIRA, SISTERCES and DINARI, which dated back to Roman times so, the £ sign actually is as fancy "L", and means "Lira"

In Joyce's Ulysses, I've seen "libri, solidi, denarii". For reasons unknown, I still remember that.

And, of course, it's easy to google out:
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/socl/economics/EverybodysGuidetoMoneyMatters/chap1.html