obol

American  

[ob-uhl] / ˈɒb əl /

noun

1. a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.

2. obole.

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Etymology

Origin of obol

First recorded in 1660–70; see origin at obolus

Example Sentences

Were the Ptolemies in essence colonial occupiers and exploiters, bent on wringing the last drachma and obol from a captive land regardless of the consequences?

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

I saw you spend your last obol to purchase the liberty of your friends at Thebes.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.

"I only bring a funeral garland for my son," she said, "but instead of the obol, he shall take a kiss from the lips of his mother."

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August

Aristomenes says in his Jugglers— Bringing some bembrades purchased for an obol.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

For they must sell it not more than an obol dearer.

From The Orations of Lysias by Lysias