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Obols through history The obol (Gr****: ὀβολός, obolos, also ὀβελός (obelós), ὀβελλός (obellós), ὀδελός (odelós). lit. "nail,
metal spit"; Latin: obolus)...
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Mycenean Pylos.
Initially a
drachma was a
fistful (a "grasp") of six oboloí or
obeloí (metal sticks,
literally "spits")
originally used for
roasting lamb. With...
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measured using standard units,
named for
their value in
terms of
metal spits (
obeloi) and
handfuls (drachmai) of
metal spits;
these terms would later be used...
- Above: Six rod-shaped
obeloi (oboloi) displa**** at the
Numismatic Museum of Athens,
discovered at
Heraion of Argos. Below:
grasp of six
oboloi forming...
- text and
marked with asterisks), and (2) indications,
using signs called obeloi (singular: obelus), of
where words, phrases, or
occasionally larger sections...
- 11th century. In the 11th
century tomb 49 from Palaepaphos-Skales
three bronze obeloi with
inscriptions in
Cypriot syllabic script have been found, one of which...
- century. In the 11th-century tomb 49 from Palaepaphos-Skales
three bronze obeloi with
inscriptions in
Cypriot syllabic script have been found, one of which...
