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The dodrans ( Latin: lit. nine-twelfths) was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic.
The dodrans, valued at three-fourth of an as (9 unciae), was produced only twice:
- in 126 BC by C. Cassius, in combination with the bes, 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 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 or a length of nine inches. 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.
Usage examples of "dodrans".
A few stragglers placed bets, mostly with copper coins ranging from full asses through the whole spectrum of its fractions: the sextans, the guadrans and trims, a quincunx, several semis coins, the cheaper septunx, the bes, and dodrans, one dextans and deunx each, and of course, the inevitable and popular uncia.