tremissis
Americannoun
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Also called triens. a gold coin of the Eastern Roman Empire, the third part of a solidus, first issued in the 3rd century a.d.
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a Merovingian gold coin imitating this.
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Origin of tremissis
1700–10; < Late Latin trēmissis, equivalent to Latin trē ( s ) three + -missis as in sēmissis, Late Latin form of Latin sēmis semis (falsely analyzed as sē- + -missis )
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