Usage examples for Quadrans:
-
He
made
his
pile
from
an
as,
and
would
pick
a
quadrans
out
of
a
dunghill
with
his
teeth,
any
old
time.
"The Satyricon, Complete", Petronius Arbiter
-
The
people,
as
though
they
had
not
duly
rewarded
his
deserts
when
alive,
but
still
were
in
his
debt,
decreed
him
a
public
interment,
every
one
contributing
his
quadrans
towards
the
charge;
the
women,
besides,
by
private
consent,
mourned
a
whole
year,
a
signal
mark
of
honor
to
his
memory.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh
-
As
for
the
price
exacted,
it
ranged
from
a
quadrans
to
a
very
high
figure.
"The Satyricon, Complete", Petronius Arbiter
-
The
people,
as
if
they
had
done
nothing
during
his
life
to
honour
him
as
he
deserved,
and
were
now
for
the
first
time
to
show
their
gratitude,
decreed
him
a
public
funeral,
and
moreover
that
every
person
should
contribute
the
coin
called
quadrans
to
show
him
respect.
"Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4)", Plutarch