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The '''sesterce''' was a [[currency]] used in the [[Roman Empire]]. | The '''sesterce''' was a [[currency]] used in the [[Roman Empire]]. | ||
In [[ | In [[Rome]] in [[July]] [[64]], [[Barbara Wright]] was [[auction]]ed as a [[slave]]. After a few negligible offers, the highest reaching 2,500 sesterces, [[Tavius]] bid 10,000 sesterces, successfully buying her. ([[TV]]: "[[All Roads Lead to Rome]]") | ||
On [[23 August]] [[79]], a [[stallholder (The Fires of Pompeii)|stallholder]] in [[Pompeii]] sold [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to [[Lobus Caecilius]] for fifteen sesterces. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | |||
Searching through the [[pocket]] of the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s [[leather]] [[jacket]], [[Rose Tyler]] found a couple of sesterces. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'') | |||
On an [[Roma D|alternate Earth]], there were "some big sesterces" riding on the [[Ectoslime]] in the [[Hyp-Arena]] fights according to [[Maximus Bilious]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Iron Legion (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Iron Legion]]'') | |||
[[Category:Currency from the real world]] | [[Category:Currency from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Roman empire currency]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:17, 8 January 2022
The sesterce was a currency used in the Roman Empire.
In Rome in July 64, Barbara Wright was auctioned as a slave. After a few negligible offers, the highest reaching 2,500 sesterces, Tavius bid 10,000 sesterces, successfully buying her. (TV: "All Roads Lead to Rome")
On 23 August 79, a stallholder in Pompeii sold the Doctor's TARDIS to Lobus Caecilius for fifteen sesterces. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)
Searching through the pocket of the Ninth Doctor's leather jacket, Rose Tyler found a couple of sesterces. (PROSE: Winner Takes All)
On an alternate Earth, there were "some big sesterces" riding on the Ectoslime in the Hyp-Arena fights according to Maximus Bilious. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Iron Legion)
