obolus

Same as obol.

A small silver coin current in the middle ages in Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, etc.

[capitalized] [NL.] In zoology, a genus of brachiopods of the family Lingulidæ, from the Silurian, having orbicular valves.

A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.

An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.

A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.

a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram