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The sextans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic valued at one-sixth of an as (2 unciae). The most common design for the sextans was the bust of Mercury and two pellets (indicating two unciae) on the obverse and the prow of a galley on the reverse. Earlier types depicted a scallop shell, a caduceus, or other symbols on the obverse. |
Revision as of 12:40, 24 March 2021
English (LSJ)
ᾶντος, ὁ, a coin, Lat. A sextans, as adopted by the Sicil. Greeks, Arist.Fr.510, cf. Hsch.; cf. ἑξάντιον.
German (Pape)
[Seite 873] ᾶντος, ὁ, der röm. sextans, Poll. 4, 174.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑξᾶς: ᾶντος, ὁ, νόμισμά τι, τὸ Λατ. sextans, δεκτὸν γενόμενον παρὰ τοῖς ἐν Σικελίᾳ Ἕλλησι, Ἐπιχαρμ. 6 Ahr. - «ἐν δὲ Ἱμεραίων πολιτείᾳ φησὶν (ὁ Ἀριστοτέλης) ὡς οἱ Σικελιῶται τοὺς μὲν δύο χαλκοῦς ἑξᾶντα καλοῦσι, τὸν δὲ ἕνα οὐγκίαν» Πολυδ. Δ΄, 174 (Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 467), ἴδε τὴν λέξιν λίτρα. Ἴδε Κόντου Φιλολογ. Ποικ. ἐν Ἀθηνᾶς τ. Α΄, σ. 46.
Spanish (DGE)
-ᾶντος, ὁ
numism. sextante equiv. a la sexta parte de la libra itálica ὡς οἱ Σικελιῶται τοὺς μὲν δύο χαλκοῦς ἑξᾶντα καλοῦσι Arist.Fr.510, cf. Hsch.; cf. διζάς.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἑξᾶς: ᾶντος ὁ гексант (лат. sextans; монета у сицилийских греков) Arst.
Wikipedia EN
The sextans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic valued at one-sixth of an as (2 unciae). The most common design for the sextans was the bust of Mercury and two pellets (indicating two unciae) on the obverse and the prow of a galley on the reverse. Earlier types depicted a scallop shell, a caduceus, or other symbols on the obverse.