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Augustus gave at one time two thousand pounds weight of gold, and in jewels and precious stones to the value of five hundred sestertia.

From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.

A thousand sestertia, for turn attention to this, that I must find honest ruffians, men who when they have received earnest money, will not take it off without a trace.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah

Wheat was sold at the unheard-of low price of three sestertia, and was given gratis to the indigent.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah

Farewell," replied the astonished auctioneer, "farewell, my lady Mulier, who can afford to give two thousand sestertia for a cook!

From Pearl-Maiden by Haggard, Henry Rider

In money again it would surely be needless pedantry in the translator of a satirist to talk of sestertia rather than pounds.

From The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry by Conington, John