Obs. rare. [ad. L. victōriāt-us, f. victōria VICTORY sb.] A Roman silver coin stamped with the image of Victory, equal in value to half a denarius. Also attrib.
1601. Holland, Pliny, 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, trans. Gassendi’s Life Peiresc, VI. 205. They make so frequent mention of Coines and Weights, as Talents, Sicles,… Victoriates, Sesterces.
1771. Phil. Trans., LXI. 490. What is now called the Victoriat, was coined by the Clodian Law.
