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Sicca  n.  A seal; a coining die; used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.
Sicca rupee, an East Indian coin, valued nominally at about two shillings sterling, or fifty cents.






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"Sicca" Quotes from Famous Books



... cum sicca[35] percussit eum in latere, dum in turri fuerat carcere detentus, qui post hoc commissum facinus putans, se regem ex suo ictu nephario occidisse, timens se capiendum fore, citissime aufugit, deprehensum tamen ...
— Henry the Sixth - A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes • John Blacman

... have sent that faithful fellow Clodius Philhetaerus home, because he was hampered with weakness of the eyes. Sallustius seems likely to outdo everybody in his attentions. Pescennius is exceedingly kind to me; and I have hopes that he will always be attentive to you. Sicca had said that he would accompany me; but he has left Brundisium. Take the greatest care of your health, and believe me that I am more affected by your distress than my own. My dear Terentia, most faithful and best of wives, and my darling little daughter, and ...
— Letters of Cicero • Marcus Tullius Cicero



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