- The
sestertius (pl.: sestertii) or
sesterce (pl.:
sesterces) was an
ancient Roman coin.
During the
Roman Republic it was a small,
silver coin
issued only...
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Short Film
Competition Sesterce d’or — Best
medium length film Jury
Prize — Most
innovative medium length film
Special Mention Sesterce d’argent — Best short...
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standing on the
horned lion, in his pyre
surmounted by an eagle.
Bronze sesterce from
Tarsus with bust of
Caracalla (211-217) on the obverse, and Sandas...
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value of Rome's
annual trade with the
region was
estimated at 50,000,000
sesterces.
According to
Pliny the Elder,
goods from
India were sold in the Empire...
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civil wars, to po****r dismay. The
soldiers were each
given 24,000
sesterces (a lifetime's
worth of pay);
further games and
celebrations were put on...
- (English "
sesterces",
symbolized as HS) was the
basic unit of
reckoning value into the 4th century,
though the
silver denarius,
worth four
sesterces, was also...
- year 29 BC,
Augustus gave 400
sesterces (equal to 1/10 of a
Roman pound of gold) each to 250,000 citizens, 1,000
sesterces each to 120,000
veterans in the...
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kilometres (12 mi) from Rome. He gave his
soldiers a
donative of a
thousand sesterces (250 denarii) each, and
raised the
annual wage for a
soldier in the legions...
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forms of male-on-male stuprum, and
Quintillian mentions a fine of 10,000
sesterces –
about 10 years'
worth of a
Roman legionnaire's pay – as a
normal penalty...
- of 2 percent,
estimated to
generate annual revenues of
about 5
million sesterces—a
figure that may
indicate some 250,000 sales. By comparison, the sales...
