Rom. Antiq. [L., f. trēs three, after sēmis half an as.] A Roman gold coin of the later emperors, the third part of an as aureus.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tremissis, or Golden Triens, a Roman Gold Coin worth five Shillings Sterling.
1756. Nugent, Montesquieu’s Spir. Laws (1758), II. XXII. ii. 72. The sou of two tremises [F. deux tremisses] answered to an ox of twelve months.
