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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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SES'TERCE, n. [L. sestertius.] A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, about two pence sterling or four cents.The sestertium, that is, sestertium pondus, was two pounds and a half, or two hundred and fifty denarii; about seven pounds sterling, or thirty one dollars. One qualification of a Roman knight was the possession of estate of the value of four hundred thousand sesterces; that of a senator was double this sum.
Authors mention a copper sesterce, of the value of one third of a penny sterling.
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.
* The sestertium was equivalent to one thousand sesterces, equal to ٦ 17s 1d. sterling, or about $43, before the reign of Augustus. After his reign its value was about ٥ 16s. 3d. sterling. The sesterce was originally coined only in silver, but later both in silver and brass. | ||||||||