Editing Triens

{{Short description|Roman bronze coin}}
{{About|the Roman coin valued at a third of an ''as''|the later coin valued at a third of a ''solidus''|Tremissis}}
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[[Image:Vecchi 003.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Rome. Circa 241-235 BC. [[bronze|Æ]] [[Aes grave]] Triens (107.00 g)]]
[[Image:Triente repubblicano.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Triens: O/ Minerva, four pellets above; R/ prow of a galley left, four pellets below]]
The '''triens''' ({{plural form}} '''trientes''') was an [[Ancient Rome|Ancient Roman]] [[bronze]] [[coin]] produced during the [[Roman Republic]] valued at one-third of an [[as (coin)|as]] (4 [[Uncia (coin)|uncia]]e).<ref>{{Cite web |title=triens — definition, examples, related words and more at Wordnik |url=https://www.wordnik.com/words/triens |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Wordnik.com}}</ref> The most common design for the triens featured the bust of [[Minerva]] and four pellets (indicating four unciae) on the obverse and the prow of a [[galley]] on the reverse. It was not a common denomination and was last struck c. 89 BC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman coins: As |url=https://monete-romane.com/roman_coins/as.html |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=monete-romane.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Details for denomination: Triens (Roman Republic) |url=http://finds.org.uk/romancoins/denominations/denomination/id/181 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=The Portable Antiquities Scheme |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NumisWiki - The Collaborative Numismatics Project - Thousands Of Online Numismatic Books, Articles And Pages. triens |url=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Forum Ancient Coins |language=en}}</ref>

Later, in [[Francia|Frankish Gaul]], the term "triens" was often used for the [[tremissis]], since both terms meant "a third".

==See also==
*[[Roman currency]]

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[[Category:Coins of ancient Rome]]


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