SESTERTIUS, a Roman Money. Its Name is not found in Scripture. Its value was about three Half-pence;1 ten Sestertii made one Shilling and five Pence; one hundred Sestertii made fourteen Shillings and three Pence; and a thousand Sestertii made seven Pounds, two Shillings, six Pence three Farthings, and three Quarters of a Farthing, Sterling.
A great Sestertius, unum Sestertium, was valued at a thousand small Sestertii.
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Translators’ note. The Roman Sestertius, according to Dr. Arbuthnot, was in Value something more than is determin’d by our Author. He makes it one Penny, three Farthings, and three Quarters of a Farthing of our Money. ↩