third as: the sestertius was worth two full asses and half of a third. English-language sources routinely use the original Latin form sestertius, plural sestertii;...

and semuncia (1⁄24), as well as multiples of the as, the dupondius (2), sestertius (21⁄2), and tressis (3). After the as had been issued as a cast coin for...

entirely made of bronze reclaimed from melted-down older issues like the sestertius. Vast quantities were minted, with a large percentage of the circulating...

Republic for all coins generally and particularly as a synonym for the sestertius, then the standard unit of Roman accounting, and then in Late Antiquity...

Roman Empire valued at 2 asses (4/5 of a sestertius or 1/5 of a denarius during the Republic and 1/2 of a sestertius or 1/8 of a denarius during the time...

buying power of the conventional sestertius. In reality the new coin was little bigger than the traditional sestertius, which by then was being manufactured...

(about 8 grams). Augustus (r. 27 BC – AD 14) tariffed the value of the sestertius as 1 100 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{100}}} of an aureus. The mass of the...

Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System of tariff nomenclature Sestertius, an ancient Roman coin High school (secondary education) Solar Hijri calendar...

Antoninianus (32 asses) Denarius (16) Quinarius (8) Copper Double sestertius (8) Sestertius (2+1⁄2; later 4) Dupondius (2) As (1) Semis (1⁄2) Quadrans (1⁄4)...

coin. The philosopher Epictetus jokingly wrote: "Whose image does this sestertius carry? Trajan's? Give it to me. Nero's? Throw it away, it is unacceptable...

refer exclusively to a type of brass alloy used for minting Roman as, sestertius, dupondius, and semis type of coins. It is considered more valuable than...

Antoninianus (32 asses) Denarius (16) Quinarius (8) Copper Double sestertius (8) Sestertius (2+1⁄2; later 4) Dupondius (2) As (1) Semis (1⁄2) Quadrans (1⁄4)...

Nemesis on a brass sestertius of Hadrian, struck at Rome AD 136...

denarius. The quinarius was struck for a few years, along with the silver sestertius, following the introduction of the denarius in 211 BC. At this time the...

Low-relief on Roman sestertius, 238 AD...

dated AD 200–300, from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Sestertius of Balbinus. Inscription: IMP. CAES. D. CAEL. BALBINVS AVG. Statue of...

Petronianum. Nova Roma has minted two coins with the denomination of sestertius, one in bronze, issued in 2000, and another in brass, dating from 2005...

Dupondius French denier Gold Dinar Ides of March Coin Macedonian denar Sestertius Solidus (coin) Tribute penny Pay (Roman army) Its value was increased...

Antoninianus (32 asses) Denarius (16) Quinarius (8) Copper Double sestertius (8) Sestertius (2+1⁄2; later 4) Dupondius (2) As (1) Semis (1⁄2) Quadrans (1⁄4)...

both Gallus and Volusian were killed in August 253. Aureus of Gallus. Sestertius of Gallus. Statue traditionally identified as Gallus, the only near-complete...

Aquila Coin of Emperor Caligula showing several Aquilae at the left. Sestertius minted in 248 by Philip the Arab to celebrate the province of Dacia and...

Sestertius of Titus celebrating the inauguration of the Colosseum (minted 80 AD)....

near-universal extent, using money as a way to express prices and debts. The sestertius (English "sesterces", symbolized as HS) was the basic unit of reckoning...

Sestertius of Antoninus Pius showing his portrait and Moneta holding scales and cornucopia...

Sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 140–144). It celebrates the betrothal of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger in 139, pictured below Antoninus, who...

A sestertius of Domitian. Caption: IMP. CAES. DOMIT. AVG. GERM. CO[N]S. IV, CENS. PERP. P. / IOVI VICTORI....

Vespasian sestertius, struck in 71 to celebrate the victory in the first Jewish-Roman war. Obverse: IMP. CAES. VESPASIAN AVG. P. M., TR. P., P. P., COS...

not displayed on coins, although names of coins (such as drachma, ass, sestertius etc.) were used both in colloquial and official language. It was only...

Antoninianus (32 asses) Denarius (16) Quinarius (8) Copper Double sestertius (8) Sestertius (2+1⁄2; later 4) Dupondius (2) As (1) Semis (1⁄2) Quadrans (1⁄4)...

denominations below the denarius. New ratios were fixed among the currencies: the sestertius was now minted from about an ounce of orichalcum, an alloy of copper and...