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Obol

Objects

A named small Greek silver coin and weight unit. Not a denarius, not a drachma dump alone, and not a solidus.

Also known as Greek obol

Hellenic religion

  • Obol appears in Hellenic religion.

    Herodotus names the obol among Greek silver measures and payments. A named Hellenic small coin-weight in that history, not a denarius and not a shekel-weight.

    from Herodotus · Histories, c. 440s BCE

    appears in · sourced · documented

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