sesterce

/ˈsɛstɜːs/

Etymology

From Middle French sesterce, from Latin sēstertius (“two-and-a-half (asses)”).

noun

  1. A sestertius.“Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.”