obol
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Origin of obol
First recorded in 1660–70; see origin at obolus
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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
And beyond this I moved, that a vow be made to Diana of a thousand goats if the next day anchovies should only be worth an obol a hundred.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
The obol referred to is the small coin placed between the lips of the dead to pay the toll to the ferryman of Hades.
From Love, Worship and Death Some Renderings from the Greek Anthology by Rennell Rodd
That which is now worth sixty pieces of silver will not cost a single obol.
From Herodias by Gustave Flaubert
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
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