obolus
/ˈɑbələs/
noun
- A small silver or bronze coin of ancient Greece, equal to one-sixth of a drachma; the Latinized form of 'obol'.
- He collected several oboli from different Greek city-states.
- The obolus was often placed in the mouth of the dead as payment for Charon.
- Historians debate the exact purchasing power of the obolus in classical Athens.
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