† victoriaten.
Obsolete. rare.
A Roman silver coin stamped with the image of Victory, equal in value to half a denarius. Also attributive.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 182 If this hearbe be taken in wine to the weight of a victoriat peece of silver, i. halfe a Romane denier, it..stoppeth the course of a new cough.
1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility vi. 205 They make so frequent mention of Coines and Weights, as Talents, Sicles,..Victoriates, Sesterces.
1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 490 What is now called the Victoriat, was coined by the Clodian Law.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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