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Obolus
(ὀβολός). A piece of money (Greck) originally of silver, but in later times (after 400 BC) of bronze. There were also tetroboli, trioboli, and dioboli; and fractional denominations, such as the hemiobolus, tetartimorion, etc. The Attic obolus equals 8 chalci.
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