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Definition of: obolus
(ob′ə·ləs) noun plural ·li (-lī)
1. A weight and a silver coin of ancient Greece; one sixth of a drachma.
2. A medieval silver coin of Hungary and Bohemia. Also ob·ol (ob′əl). See DIOBOL. [<L <Gk. obolos]
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