Denarius

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:59:09

De*na"ri*us (?), n.; pl. Denarii (#). [L. See 2d Denier.]

A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.

 

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