victoriate

victoriate
/vik tawr"ee it, -ayt', -tohr"-/, n.
a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued in the late 3rd century B.C., having a figure of Victory on the reverse.
[1595-1605; < L (nummus coin) victoriatus, equiv. to victori(a) VICTORY + -atus -ATE1]

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