SESTERTIUS
\sˈɛstətɪəs], \sˈɛstətɪəs], \s_ˈɛ_s_t_ə_t_ɪ__ə_s]\
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ses-t[.e]r'shi-us, n. a Roman silver coin, a quarter denarius, worth 2½ asses: a brass coin under the Empire, worth 4 asses--also SES'TERCE:--pl. SESTER'TII.--n. SESTER'TIUM, a money of account equal to 1000 sestertii. [L., 'two-and-a-half'--semis, half, tertius, third.]
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