Hypertext Webster Gateway: "denarius"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Denarius \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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