sextantarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sextantārĭus, a, um, adj. [sextans],

containing a sextans asses, i. e. worth only the sixth part of the former asses (put in circulation after the second Punic war), Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44; Fest. p. 347 Müll.