Definizione

• A Roman silver coin mentioned by Varro and stated by him to be equal to half the Sestertius. The half of the Libella was called the Sembella, and the half of the latter coin, or one fourth of the Libella, was known as the Teruncia, the last named coin being little more than a grain and a half in weight.

  Some authorities have doubted the exist- ence of these smaller coins altogether, and suppose them to be either copper divisions of the Denarius, or merely money of ac- count. Gronovius states that when Varro wrote there was no such coin as the Libella, but that the term signified the tenth pari of a Denarius.

Fonte

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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