sestertia
- plural of sestertium.
Example Sentences
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So he and the clerk counted, even to the bottom of the basket, which was found to contain gold to the value of over eleven hundred sestertia.
From Pearl-Maiden by Haggard, Henry Rider
So it went on till the large total of sixty sestertia was offered, whereon the Eastern advanced two more, at which price, amidst the laughter of the audience, she was knocked down to him.
From Pearl-Maiden by Haggard, Henry Rider
As to the thousand sestertia, he considered that—thanks to the plan which he had invented—he would be able in every case to spare a large part of it.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
But this thought was not disagreeable; for Chilo understood that in that event he would be necessary again to Vinicius, and could squeeze afresh a goodly number of sestertia from the tribune.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
They have deposited with him 500 sestertia apiece, on condition that whoever Cato condemns should forfeit it, and that it should be paid over to his competitors.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
