sestertius
Americannoun
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sestertii
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Origin of sestertius
< Latin sēstertius; see sesterce
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The sestertius was worth from four to five cents.
From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Curtis C. Bushnell
A sestertius is only worth a loaf of bread.
From Caesar and Cleopatra by Bernard Shaw
Thus a sestertius, which was of silver, and was worth four asses, was paid with one as, which was of brass; or the fourth part only of the debt was paid.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by John Selby Watson
I see," said Ben-Hur; "ten thousand sestertii is a fortune.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
Sester′tium, a money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
They had barely a hundred sestertii between them; but Marcus drew forth an amount equal to the three fines, and, handing the money to an accensus, bade him pay the shepherd.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
It was arranged then that a messenger should go at night to Thord's lodging-place with the four thousand sestertii.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
He asserts that he spent in gifts the sum of six hundred and twenty millions of sestertii, nearly twenty-six millions of dollars.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
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