| The sestertius, dupondius, and as were issued more or less continuously, but fell out of use when the antoninianus became a bronze coin. |
| The basic coinage instituted by Augustus comprised the copper quadrans, brass semis, copper as, brass dupondius and sestertius, silver denarius, and gold aureus. |
| Though the sestertius, therefore, was originally a silver coin, its value was estimated in copper. |
| The Roman province Dacia is represented on the Roman sestertius coin as a woman seated on a rock, holding an aquila, a small child on her knee. |
| The symbol for shilling d and for pence s came, respectively, from Latin denarius and sestertius, but in usage their values were reversed. |
