A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents
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[ 'ses-"t&rs ] (noun.) 1598. From Latin sēstertius (“that is two-and-a-half”), from sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”).