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单词 sestertius
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sestertiusn.

/sɛˈstəːʃɪəs/
Forms: Also 1600s sex-, sesterties. Plural sestertii /-ʃɪaɪ/.
Etymology: Latin: see sesterce n.
= sesterce n.In the first two quots. the form apparently represents the Latin accusative plural.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman
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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).
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