Definitions for sesterce

sesterce ses·terce

Spelling: [ses-turs]
IPA: /ˈsɛs tɜrs/

Sesterce is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in sesterce (ceeersst).

Definitions for sesterce

noun

  1. a silver coin of ancient Rome, the quarter of a denarius, equal to 2½ asses: introduced in the 3rd century b.c.

Origin of sesterce

1590-1600; Latin sēstertius, equivalent to sēs- half-unit (see sesqui-) + tertius third (i.e., 2 units and half a 3rd one equal 2½ asses)

Examples for sesterce

But since I have won every sesterce he owns I must needs pay for his board.

Once let the mob overtake them, and the lives of all three were not worth a sesterce.

And the fourth part of it, consisting of two asses and half of a third, they called "sesterce."

"You will never get a sesterce of Cornelia's dowry," he declared.

A sesterce is four and one-half cents so that the possible price of a peach in Rome 1900 years ago was $1.35.

Word Value for sesterce
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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