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sesterce

ses·terce [ séss tùrss ] (plural ses·terc·es) or ses·ter·ti·us [ se stúrshəss, se stúrshee əss ] (plural ses·ter·ti·i [ se stúrshə, se stúrshee ə ])


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Roman coin: an ancient Roman coin, originally silver but later bronze, worth a quarter of a denarius

[Late 16th century. < Latin sestertius "two and one-half times as great" < semis "half" + tertius "third"]
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