# Triens

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{{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. [Æ](/source/bronze) [Aes grave](/source/Aes_grave) Triens (107.00 g)]]
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 Roman](/source/Ancient_Rome) [bronze](/source/bronze) coin produced during the [Roman Republic](/source/Roman_Republic) valued at one-third of an [as](/source/as_(coin)) (4 [uncia](/source/Uncia_(coin))e).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sear |first=David R. |date=2000 |title=ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINAGE, CIRCA 280–41 BC |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvk8w0q1.6 |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=jstor.org}}</ref> While earlier [cast](/source/Cast_coinage) specimens date as far back as the emergence of the [Aes Grave](/source/Aes_grave) around [280 BC](/source/280_BC),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sear |first=David R. |date=2014 |title=THE DENOMINATIONS OF THE ROMAN COINAGE |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvk8w0wf.5 |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=jstor.org}}</ref> a new, lighter triens was first [struck](/source/Coining_(mint)) as part of a family of fractional bronze coins including [semis](/source/semis), [quadrans](/source/quadrans), [sextans](/source/Sextans_(coin)) and [uncia](/source/Uncia_(coin)) with the introduction of the [Denarian System](/source/Roman_Republican_currency) of Roman currency around [211 BC](/source/211_BC).<ref name=":0" /> The most common design for the triens featured the bust of [Minerva](/source/Minerva) and four pellets (indicating four unciae) on the obverse and the prow of a [galley](/source/galley) on the reverse.<ref name=":0" /> Minting of new Roman republican bronzes, including the triens, slowed throughout the second and first centuries BC,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howgego |first=Christopher |date=1992 |title=The Supply and Use of Money in the Roman World 200 B.C. to A.D. 300 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/301282 |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=jstor.org}}</ref> ceasing altogether by the late [80's BC](/source/80s_BC).<ref name=":1" />

Later, in [Frankish Gaul](/source/Francia), the term "triens" was often used for the [tremissis](/source/tremissis), since both terms meant "a third".{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}

==See also==
*[Roman currency](/source/Roman_currency)

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==References==
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