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Sesterce
Sesterce Ses"terce, n. [L. sestertius (sc. nummus), fr.
sestertius two and a half; semis half + tertius third: cf. F.
sesterce.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth
part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a
half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence
sterling, or four cents.
Note: The sestertium was equivalent to one thousand
sesterces, equal to [pounds]8 17s 1d. sterling, or
about $43, before the reign of Augustus. After his
reign its value was about [pounds]7 16s. 3d. sterling.
The sesterce was originally coined only in silver, but
later both in silver and brass.
Meaning of Sesterces from wikipedia
- 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...
- (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...
- winnings, as
recorded in
Roman inscription CIL 6.10048,
totalled 35,863,120
sesterces (HS) over a
working life of 24 years. From this, he
would have been paid...
-
spent on the army; he had
greatly increased their pay from 2,000
sesterces to 3,000
sesterces per year. The
increased expenditures forced Caracalla to strip...
-
converted to
sesterces for
consistency (at a rate of 1
denarius for 4
sesterces), as
ancient and
modern sources interchangeably use
sesterces, denarii, or...
-
provided each
praetorian guardsman with a
generous gratitude payment of 500
sesterces.
Caligula doubled this, and took
credit for its
payment as an act of personal...
- mere 40
million sesterces. Yet this was
roughly the same
amount of
taxes Rome was able to levy from
Egypt (i.e., 40
million sesterces)
after its conquest...
- 29 BC,
Augustus gave 400
sesterces (equal to one-tenth of a
Roman pound of gold) each to 250,000 citizens, 1,000
sesterces each to 120,000
veterans in...
- lone (uniones,
meaning "singleton")
large black pearl worth six
million sesterces (approximately 1.5
billion dollars in 2019 value),
making it
perhaps the...
-
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...
