Sestertius
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- Note
- The sestertius (plural sestertii), or sesterce (plural sesterces), was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin.
The name sestertius means "two and one half", referring to its nominal value of two and a half asses (a bronze Roman coin, singular as), a value that was useful for commerce because it was one quarter of a denarius, a coin worth ten asses. The name is derived from semis, "half" and "tertius", "third", in which "third" refers to the third as: the sestertius was worth two full asses and half of a third.
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Sestertius
Római pénz. Agrippina sen...
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Image: Viski Károly Múzeum Kalocsa - RR-F -
Sestertius
Római pénz. Trajanus (98-117)...
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Image: Viski Károly Múzeum Kalocsa - RR-F
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