The dodrans (a contraction of

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''dequadrans'': "less a quarter") or nonuncium (from

''nona uncia'': "ninth twelfth") was an

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produced during the

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. The dodrans, valued at three quarters of an as (nine 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

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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 (three quarters of an hour) or a length of nine inches (three quarters of a foot). It has also been used to refer to the metrical pattern – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ x, which constitutes the last three quarters of the glyconic line.West, M. L. (1987)
''An Introduction to Greek Metre''
Oxford; p. 33. Also called the choriambo-cretic, the pattern is common in Aeolic verse. "Dodrans" is the root of "dodranscentennial" (75th anniversary) and "dodransbicentennial" (175th anniversary).

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Dodrans
Coins of ancient Rome {{coin-stub 126 BC

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