Sestertĭus — (lat.), 1) die gewöhnlichste römische Silbermünze, bis 214 v. Chr. = 1/4 eines Denarius od. 21/2 Asses (woher die Benennung, eigentlich Sesquitertius, dritthalb), galt nach der Verschiedenheit des Denars bald 1 gGr. 7 Pf., bald 1 r. etc. Die… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Sestertius — Sestertĭus (Sestérz), altröm. Silbermünze zu 1/4 Denar = 21/2 As … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Sestertius — Sestertius, altröm. Silbermünze = 21/2 As (s. As), bezeichnet mit HS od. ][S; sestertia (SS), Rechnungsmünze = 1000 S.; sestertium (= sestertiorum), Rechnungsmünze = 100000 S … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Sestertius — Coin image box 1 double header = Anonymous AR sestertius caption left = Helmed Roma head right, IIS behind caption right = Dioscuri riding right, ROMA in linear frame below. RSC4, C44/7, BMC13. width = 250 footer = AR 0.96 g RSC4, C44/7, BMC13… … Wikipedia
Sestertius — Sesterz von Gallienus Der Sesterz (lat. sestertius) war Münze und Hauptrecheneinheit (Monetär) in der römischen Republik und Kaiserzeit. Der Sesterz hatte ursprünglich den Wert von zweieinhalb As, daher die Bezeichnung der dritte (As) halb =… … Deutsch Wikipedia
sestertius — /se sterr sheuhs, shee euhs/, n., pl. sestertii /shee uy /. sesterce. [ < L sestertius; see SESTERCE] * * * … Universalium
sestertius — noun A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses … Wiktionary
SESTERTIUS — a Roman coin either bronze or silver one fourth of a denarius, originally worth 2½ asses but afterwards 4 asses, up to the time of Augustus was worth fully 2d., and subsequently one eighth less; Sestertium, a Roman money of account, never a… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
sestertius — ses·ter·tius … English syllables
sestertius — … Useful english dictionary
Double sestertius — The double sestertius was a large Roman coin made of orichalcum (brass) first issued by Trajan Decius in AD 249 251, as a response to the inflationary pressures of the time which had devalued the buying power of the conventional sestertius. In… … Wikipedia
