Obol (coin)
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The obol or obolus was a form of ancient Greek currency and weight.
Six rod-shaped obols discovered at the Heraion of Argos (above). Six obols forming one drachma.
Silver obol of Athens, dated 515–510 BC. Obverse gorgoneion, reverse incuse square.
LUCANIA, Metapontion. c. 425–350 BC. Æ 21 mm.
The United States of the Ionian Islands was a Greek state and amical protectorate of the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1864. The successor state of the Septinsular Republic, it covered the territory
Obol (coin)
…until he has paid the last obolus" since Luke calls the coin a lepton (a somewhat smaller denomination) rather than an obolus. The currency of the United States of the Ionian Islands, called the obol The British halfpenny, also formerly known as the obol…
The 17-member Ionian Senate met in this room in the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, Corfu
30 oboli, Ionian Islands, 1862