Obs. Also 6 in anglicized form Iuly, 7 (Italian) giulio, pl. -ii, 9 (Latin) julius. [a. It. giulio Julius.] A silver coin worth about sixpence, struck by Pope Julius II. (1503–13), formerly current in Italy.
1547. Boorde, Introd. Knowl., xxiii. (1870), 179. In syluer they [Italians] haue Iulys,—a Iuly is worthe .v.d. sterlynge.
1592. Wotton, Lett. to Ld. Zouch, 8 May, in Reliq. (1685), 657. The Julios of Bolognia are disvalued two quatrini.
1612. Webster, White Devil, Wks. (Rtldg.), 23/1. He … (to my acquaintance) Receiv’d in dowry with you not one julio.
1696. trans. Du Mont’s Voy. Levant, IX. 109. The Expence of his Table was fix’d at Two Julio’s a Day.
1718. Berkeley, Jrnl. Tour Italy, 13 April, Wks. 1871, IV. 593. A fellow extorted a Julio with his gun.
1852. W. Anderson, Expos. Popery (1878), 136. The theft of a julius—less than sixpence.
