sestertium
Americannoun
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sestertia
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sestertium
1530–40; < Latin sēstertium genitive plural of sēstertius sesterce, taken as neuter singular
Example Sentences
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And if he won, how easily would those two hundred sestertia have been regained, and what a triumph over the one who had enticed him!
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
"Two thousand sestertia," repeated the matter-of-fact voice with the foreign accent.
From Pearl-Maiden by Henry Rider Haggard
When the full two thousand sestertia were counted, that is, over fifteen thousand pounds of our money, this second basket still remained more than a third full.
From Pearl-Maiden by Henry Rider Haggard
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 Charles K. Dillaway
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 Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
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