Chiefly in Biblical use and translations: a Roman coin of low denomination, (in earlier use) esp. a denarius. Also (occasionally): a Roman…

A Roman coin equal to a quarter of an as. Cf. quadrans, n. 2b. historical.

A Roman copper coin, originally weighing twelve ounces, but reduced after the first Punic war to two ounces, during the second Punic war to one…

A Roman coin, originally equivalent to 2½ asses, later to 4 asses; the fourth part of a denarius, n.

= sesterce, n.

A bronze or brass coin of the value of two asses.

= quinarius, n.

In ancient Rome: a silver coin of the value of half a denarius; (also occasionally) a half-piece of gold.

A Roman coin of the value of one-sixth of an as. Obsolete.

The third part of anything; spec. in Roman History a copper coin worth one-third of the as; also in later times, a gold coin, one-third of the…

The ancient Roman copper coin called triens: see triens, n.

A copper coin of small value, issued in Greek-speaking parts of the Roman empire. Cf. as, n.1

= quadrant, n.1 2b. historical.

= quinarius, n. Obsolete. rare.

A Roman coin of the standard denomination (roughly analogous to the Greek stater); a monetary unit based on this.

A name given to a Roman bronze or copper coin introduced by Diocletian in 294.

A Roman copper coin, equal in value to the twelfth part of the ‘as’.

Numismatics. = minim, n.1 7.

A Roman coin, equivalent under the Republic and the early Empire to half an as, and under the later Empire to half a solidus. Cf. tremissis, n.

A Roman silver coin of the 4th and 5th centuries a.d., of the value of 1/24th of a solidus.

Numismatics. Any of various very small, ancient (usually Roman), bronze or silver coins found in Britain and mostly produced locally.