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Definition of Obols

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 Obols from wikipedia

- weight. Obols were used from early times. According to Plutarch they were originally spits of copper or bronze traded by weight, while six obols make a...
- 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...
- to protect the deceased's soul or to prevent it from returning. Charon's Obols The coin for Charon is conventionally referred to in Gr**** literature as...
- The obol (Gr****: ὀβολός, obolos; plural oboli) was the currency of the United States of the Ionian Islands between 1819 and 1863. Until 1834, 1 obol = 4...
- 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...
- varied significantly from one city-state to another. It was divided into six obols of 0.72 grams, which were subdivided into four tetartemoria of 0.18 grams...
- Swedish company Obol Investment signed an agreement with the Swedish Basketball Federation in early October 2006, the league was renamed Obol Basketball League...
- means "a handful", literally "a grasp". Drachmae were divided into six obols (from the Gr**** word for a spit), and six spits made a "handful". This suggests...
- confirms that, in some burials, low-value coins known generically as Charon's obols were placed in, on, or near the mouth of the deceased, or next to the cremation...
- coins ever minted, comprising eight denominations from 1 chalkous to 4 obols." For example as inscribed on the monumental br**** of Thomas de Camoys,...