Definitions

1. noun

A unit of currency in ancient Rome, equivalent to one-fourth of an as or one hundredth of a denarius.

“The Roman historian estimated that the average worker’s daily wage was 1 sestertius during the 1st century AD.”

2. noun

A Roman coin worth one-fourth of an as.

“Archaeologists discovered a sestertius from the reign of Emperor Augustus in the excavation site.”