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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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She was created by the Romans as a personification of the British Isles, which they called Britanniae, and was first seen on a brass coin, the sestertius or sesterce, of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161).
 
 
 
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