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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ses·terce /ˈsɛsˌtɚ/
 古代羅馬的貨幣單位

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ses·terce n.  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 £8 17s 1d. sterling, or about $43 (in 1900), before the reign of Augustus.  After his reign its value was about £7 16s. 3d. sterling.  The sesterce was originally coined only in silver, but later both in silver and brass.
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