Look up: sesterce

1. Sesterce
   Ses'terce noun [ Latin sestertius (sc. nummus ), from sestertius two and a half; semis half + tertius third: confer French sesterce .] (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the f...
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2. sesterce
   A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents. ... The sestertium was equivalent to one thousand sesterces, equal to £8 17s 1d. Sterling, or about ...
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3. Sesterce
   From Latin semistertius, i.e. worth two and a half asses. Roman coin as of 211 BC, struck in small quantities as a silver coin, in imperial times made of brass (1 sestertius = 4 asses).
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4. Sesterce
   • (n.) A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.
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5. sesterce
   (from the article `aureus`) ...Roman world. It was first named nummus aureus (`gold money`), or denarius aureus, and was equal to 25 silver denarii; a denarius equaled 10 bronze ... ...in terms of bronze was altered, being revalued about 133 at 16 instead of 10 asses; the silver quinarius (now of eight asses and with the types...
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6. Sesterce
   The sesterce (sestertius) was an ancient Roman coin at first equal to 2.5 asses and later four asses. Originally a small silver coin, it became a copper coin under the Empire.
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