transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈses-ˌtərs ]
noun
Etymology: Latin sestertius, from sestertius two and a half times as great (from its being equal originally to two and a half asses), from semis half of an as, one half + tertius third — more at sesqui- , third
Date: 1598
: an ancient Roman coin equal to 1/4 denarius