Sesterce

//ˈsɛstɜːs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sestertius. Ancient-Rome

    "Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time."

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sestertiussestertius

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"Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time."

Etymology

From Middle French sesterce, from Latin sēstertius (“two-and-a-half (asses)”).

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