sestertius การใช้

• The philosopher Epictetus jokingly wrote : " Whose image does this sestertius carry?
• This occurred in the Roman Empire, see sestertius, and also in more modern times.
• In the coinage reforms of the 4th century, the sestertius played no part and passed into history.
• By the late 3rd century the coins were almost entirely made of bronze from melted down old issues like the sestertius.
• In numismatics, orichalcum is the golden-colored bronze alloy used by the Roman Empire for their sestertius and dupondius coins.
• The Roman Senate celebrated the founding by ordering the minting of a sestertius dedicated to the " optimus princeps ".
• Sestertius issued by the Senate ( SC, " Senatus Consultus " ) during 116 to commemorate Trajan's Parthian victories.
• Although these coins were theoretically worth eight sestertii, the average sestertius was worth far more in plain terms of the metal it contained.
• The brass sestertius typically weighs in the region of 25 to 28 grammes, is around 32 34 mm in diameter and about 4 mm thick.
• This is why the half-sestertius, the dupondius, was around the same size and weight as the bronze as, but was worth two asses.
• The gradual impact of inflation caused by debasement of the silver currency meant that the purchasing power of the sestertius and smaller denominations like the dupondius and as was steadily reduced.
• When Asterix enquires into the fate of his neighbors'money, Getafix tells him that the sestertius has been devalued, and is therefore of no use to the villagers.
• The double sestertius was distinguished from the sestertius by the radiate crown worn by the emperor, a device used to distinguish the dupondius from the as and the Antoninianus from the denarius.
• The double sestertius was distinguished from the sestertius by the radiate crown worn by the emperor, a device used to distinguish the dupondius from the as and the Antoninianus from the denarius.
• In the 1st century AD, everyday small change was dominated by the dupondius and as, but in the 2nd century, as inflation bit, the sestertius became the dominant small change.
• The quinarius was struck for a few years, along with the silver sestertius, following the introduction of the denarius in 211 BC . At this time the quinarius was valued at 5 asses.
• A double sestertius of Postumus ( distinguished by the radiate crown as a unit of double value ), made as an overstrike of a much older sestertius, probably of 1st century AD date.
• A double sestertius of Postumus ( distinguished by the radiate crown as a unit of double value ), made as an overstrike of a much older sestertius, probably of 1st century AD date.
• Flaccus took drastic measures : with the silver sestertius valued at four copper " Augustan prosperity, the historian Velleius Paterculus characterized Flaccus's plan as " turpissima ", " utterly disgraceful ."
• When the denarius was retariffed to sixteen asses ( due to the gradual reduction in the size of bronze denominations ), the sestertius was accordingly revalued to four asses, still equal to one quarter of a denarius.