单词 | sestertius |
释义 | sestertiusn. = sesterce n.In the first two quots. the form apparently represents the Latin accusative plural. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman pennyOE quadrant1533 as1541 sesterce1541 sestertius1567 dupondius1601 quinare1601 quinarius1601 sextant1601 triens1601 trient1601 assarion1625 quadrans1654 quinary1728 nummus1771 follis1784 uncia1834 minimus1852 semis1853 siliqua1889 minim1896 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xiv. f. 91v She sent one to demaunde .xii. C. Sestercios of siluer. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health clxxviii. 143 Asinius Celer..paid..8000 Sestertios, which after Tonstals account is fourty pound sterling. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlv. 1231 Twentie millions of Sestertij. a1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 66/2 An As, a Drachma, a Sesterties. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 399 The Sestertius was a small silver coyne marked H. S or rather LLS. valu'd 2 pound sil: & ½ viz 250 denarij. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 653/1 Under Severus Alexander there was the latest large issue of denarii and sestertii. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1567 |
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