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  1. semisnoun

    A small bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at half an as.

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  1. Semis

    The semis, literally meaning half, was a small Roman bronze coin that was valued at half an as. During the Roman Republic, the semis was distinguished by an 'S' (indicating semis) or 6 dots (indicating a theoretical weight of 6 uncia). Some of the coins featured a bust of Saturn on the obverse, and the prow of a ship on the reverse. Initially a cast coin, like the rest of Roman Republican bronzes, it began to be struck from dies shortly before the Second Punic War 218-201 BC. Following the Augustan Coinage reforms of 23 BC the Semis became the smallest Orichalcum (brass) denomination, having twice the value of a copper Quadrans and Half the value of the copper As. Its size and diameter corresponded directly to the quadrans, so its value was attained from brass having double the value of copper. The coin was issued infrequently and it ceased to be issued by the time of Hadrian 117-138 AD. In the early Imperial period, a Semis could buy a Cerae (wax writing tablet).

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  1. Semis

    The semis was a small Roman bronze coin that was valued at half an as. During the Roman Republic, the semis was distinguished by an 'S' or 6 dots. Some of the coins featured a bust of Saturn on the obverse, and the prow of a ship on the reverse. Initially a cast coin, like the rest of Roman Republican bronzes, it began to be struck from shortly before the Second Punic War. The coin was issued infrequently during the Roman Empire, and ceased to be issued by the time of Hadrian.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Semis

    sē′mis, n. a bronze coin of the ancient Roman republic, half the value of an as.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of semis in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of semis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of semis in a Sentence

  1. Roger Federer:

    I thought it was my best match thus far, it is a good win for me and I'm clearly very happy to be in the semis.

  2. Julien Pinot:

    Random test at 11pm while Gasquet qualifies for the semis with an injection. Not the same treatment by the authorities and the media.

  3. Naomi Osaka:

    I'm really sorry I'm not able to compete for the semis today, i unfortunately got injured yesterday and I was waiting till today to see if I could get better.

  4. Rafa Nadal:

    Murray has always had the game to do well at the French and he's made a couple of semis and right now is playing with the most confidence I've ever seen him on clay, and Nishikori beat Novak at the U.S. Open in extreme heat, he did an unbelievable job and it's conceivable he could do that again.

  5. Naomi Osaka:

    People have been telling me that if I get to the semis I stay at number one so I wanted to do that, i wanted to do that and was thinking about it while I was playing, which wasn't a good thing. I play my best when I'm calm and today I wasn't, so that's the biggest thing I can learn.

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