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Definition of: sestertium
(ses·tûr′shē·əm) noun plural ·ti·a (-shē·ə)
An ancient Roman money of account equivalent to 1,000 sesterces. [<L, short for (mille) sestertium (a thousand) sesterces, gen. plural of sestertius a sesterce]
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