The dodrans (a contraction of
Latin
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''dequadrans'': "less a quarter") or nonuncium (from
Latin
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''nona uncia'': "ninth twelfth") was an
Ancient Roman
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bronze
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coin
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produced during the
Roman Republic
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.
The dodrans, valued at three quarters of an
as (nine
unciae),
was produced only twice:
* in 126 BC by C. Cassius, in combination with the
bes BES or Bes may refer to:
* Bes, Egyptian deity
* Bes (coin), Roman coin denomination
* Bes (Marvel Comics), fictional character loosely based on the Egyptian deity
Abbreviations
* Bachelor of Environmental Studies, a degree
* Banco Espírito ...
, another very rare denomination which was valued at two thirds of an as.
* in the 2nd century BC by M. Caecilius Metellus Q. f. (perhaps
Marcus Caecilius Metellus, consul 115 BC), in combination with the
denarius
The denarius (, dēnāriī ) was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War to the reign of Gordian III (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced by the antoninianus. It continued to be minted in very ...
and other
Æ coins, e.g. the
semis,
triens, and
quadrans.
''Dodrans'' as a unit may refer to a time span of forty-five minutes (three quarters of an hour) or a length of nine inches (three quarters of a foot). It has also been used to refer to the metrical pattern ¯˘˘¯˘¯, which constitutes the last three quarters of the
glyconic line. Also called the choriambo-cretic, the pattern is common in
Aeolic verse.
See also
*
Roman currency
Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. From its introduction to the Republic, during the third century BC, well into Imperial times, Roman currency saw many changes in form, denom ...
*
Ancient Greek coinage
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References
External links
Dodrans
Coins of ancient Rome
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