sesterce
/ˈsɛstəːs
/(also sestertius /sɛˈstəːʃəs/)
noun (plural sesterces /ˈsɛstəsiːz/ or sestertii /sɛˈstəːʃɪiː/)
An ancient Roman coin and monetary unit equal to one quarter of a denarius.There was, of course, one more thing that may be worth a few sesterces, but I would not part with the ring for the world....
- Those were the good old days, the glory days of butchery and brutality, before those millions of sesterces from the east flooded Rome with luxury and indolence.
- On Tiridates, though it would seem hardly within belief, he spent eight hundred thousand sesterces a day, and on his departure presented him with more than a hundred millions.
Origin
From Latin sestertius (nummus) '(coin) that is two and a half (asses)'.