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Definition of Sesterce
1. 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.
Definition of Sesterce
1. Noun. an ancient Roman coin made of bronze or silver, equalling a quarter of a denarius ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sesterce
1. a coin of ancient Rome [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sesterce
1. 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 $43, before the reign of Augustus. After his reign its value was about £7 16s. 3d. Sterling. The sesterce was originally coined only in silver, but later both in silver and brass. Origin: L. Sestertius (sc. Nummus), fr. Sestertius two and a half; semis half + tertius third: cf. F. Sesterce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Sesterce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... the Roman expression for two and a half); but the denarius being early divided
into 16 instead of 10 asses, the sesterce became equal to 4 asses. ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"It then remains to settle what the sesterce represented in fine silver. ...
Although the sesterce was the numerical term generally employed in calculations, ..."
3. The Roman Assemblies from Their Origin to the End of the Republic by George Willis Botsford (1909)
"The sesterce, \ denarius, would therefore be equivalent to five cents. An estate
of 100000 asses of heavy weight (sesterces) would be worth about $ 5000, ..."
4. The Public School Latin Grammar for the Use of Schools, Colleges, and by Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1890)
"This rate makes the Augustan denarius about 10-4^. and the sesterce 2'oí/., though
before the gold coinage they were severally about 8'ф/. and 2-id. ..."
5. A History of the Precious Metals, from Earliest Times to the Present by Alexander Del Mar (1880)
"As the sum mentioned by Suetonius is named in (understood) sesterces, and as the
sesterce of this period was of copper,2 and therefore highly overvalued, ..."
6. A history of the precious metals: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Alexander Del Mar (1880)
"As the sum mentioned by Suetonius is named in (understood) sesterces, and as the
sesterce of this period was of copper,2 and therefore highly overvalued, ..."
7. A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm: In a Letter to the King by Charles Jenkinson Liverpool (1880)
"... imply, that the sesterce of that age was different from " the sesterce of
Pliny's time : but the quarter of the Silver denarius, " or Nummus Sestertius, ..."
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