Dodrans

The dodrans or nonuncium was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic.
The dodrans, valued at three quarters of an as, 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., 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 – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ x, which constitutes the last three quarters of the glyconic line. Also called the choriambo-cretic, the pattern is common in Aeolic verse.
"Dodrans" is the root of "dodranscentennial" and "dodransbicentennial".