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Sesterce
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Sesterce 

(also sestertius), a coin circulated in ancient Rome. Beginning in 269 B.C., the sesterce was minted from silver; from the late first century B.C.. it was minted from an alloy of base metals. Initially worth 2½ asses, in 217 B.C.. it became equal to 4 asses. The sesterce was the basic Roman medium of exchange and unit of value.
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Nothing can beat the case of the supposed Roman sestertius coin, "minted between AD135 and AD138" exhibited in a South Shields museum in 1971.
CURSE OF FIONA by The Mirror (London, England)
29 The first is a sestertius which shows a pietas on the obverse, facing left with a patera (libation dish) in her hand; in the exergue the inscription PIETAS.
The Portraiture of Gaius Caligula the Seated Figure? by Joe Geranio by Joe Geranio / History community
She first appeared on coins in Roman times, with her first appearance on a bronze sestertius struck in Rome for Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled from AD138-161.
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