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quadrans
[ kwod-ranz ]
noun
- a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.
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Quadrans, kwod′ranz, n. a Roman copper coin, the fourth part of the as:—pl.
Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion.
A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
Lepta are very small, brass, Jewish coins worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
He made his pile from an as, and would pick a quadrans out of a dunghill with his teeth, any old time.
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