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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]] in [[Pompeii]] sold [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to [[Lobus Caecilius]] for fifteen sesterces. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | |||
[[Category:Currency from the real world]] | [[Category:Currency from the real world]] | ||
Revision as of 19:15, 22 January 2018
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)
