- 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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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...
- family. The
sesterce with his
three sisters was
discontinued after 39, due to Caligula's su****ion
regarding their loyalty. He also made a
sesterce celebrating...
- (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...
- the
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...
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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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History that
Cleopatra once
dissolved a
pearl worth tens of
millions of
sesterces in
vinegar just to win a dinner-party bet. The
accusation that Antony...
- 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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would distribute largesse, a
bushel of wheat, a
gallon of wine, and a
sesterce [coin]: and then
everybody would shamelessly cry, "Long live the King!"...
