‖ sestertius
(sɛˈstɜːʃɪəs)
Also 7 erron. sex-, -ties. Pl. sestertii (-ʃɪaɪ).
[L.: see sesterce.]
= sesterce.
In the first two quots. the form app. represents the Lat. acc. pl.
| 1567 Painter Pal. Pleas. II. xiii, She sent one to demaunde .xii. C. Sestercios of siluer. 1584 Cogan Haven Health clxxviii. 143 Asinius Celer..paid..8000 Sestertios, which after Tonstals account is fourty pound sterling. 1600 Holland Livy xlv. 1231 Twentie millions of Sestertij. a 1630 J. Taylor (Water-P.) Wks. i. 66/2 An As, a Drachma, a Sesterties. a 1700 Evelyn Diary 6 May 1645, The Sestertius was a small silver coyne marked H. S. or rather LLs, valu'd 2 pound and half of silver. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 653/1 Under Severus Alexander there was the latest large issue of denarii and sestertii. |