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Definition of obol

obol
Obole Ob"ole, n. [Cf.F. obole. See Obolus.] (Old Pharm.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple. [Written also obol.]

Meaning of obol from wikipedia

- Obols through history The obol (Gr****: ὀβολός, obolos, also ὀβελός (obelós), ὀβελλός (obellós), ὀδελός (odelós). lit. "nail, metal spit"; Latin: obolus)...
- Look up obol in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Obol may refer to: Obol (coin), a type of silver coin used in Ancient Greece Obol, an occasional name...
- Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Gr**** and Latin literary sources specify the coin...
- Swedish company Obol Investment signed an agreement with the Swedish Basketball Federation in early October 2006, the league was renamed Obol Basketball League...
- (singular lepton), after which 1 obol = 5 lepta. Throughout its existence, the obol was equal to a British half penny. The obol replaced a series of countermarked...
- Obol Investment was an apparent Swedish company involved in fund managing and sponsoring sport events. In 2006, it signed a 15-year sponsorship deal with...
- standard unit of silver coinage at most ancient Gr**** mints, and the name obol was used to describe a coin that was one-sixth of a drachma. The notion that...
- Obol or Obal (Russian: Оболь; Belarusian: Обаль) is an urban-type settlement in Shumilina District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. As of 2023, it has a po****tion...
- (όβολα, óvola, "monies"). The obol was further subdivided into tetartemorioi (singular tetartemorion) which represented 1⁄4 obol, or 1⁄24 drachm. This coin...
- Obol of Athens, 545–525 BC Obv: An archaic Gorgoneion Rev: Square incuse An archaic silver obol of Athens of heraldic type from the time of Peisistratos...