Obol

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Obol

GPTKB entity

Statements (102)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	ancient Greek coin
gptkbp:etymology	Greek word 'obelos' meaning 'spit' or 'nail'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Obol
gptkbp:material	silver
gptkbp:mintedIn	various Greek city-states
gptkbp:plural	oboloi
gptkbp:relatedTo	drachma tetartemorion
gptkbp:symbol	obol symbol (Ⳁ)
gptkbp:usedFor	funerary customs small transactions
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Acarnania gptkb:Phocis gptkb:Messene gptkb:Kythnos gptkb:Serifos gptkb:Asia_Minor gptkb:Athens gptkb:Byzantium gptkb:Cappadocia gptkb:Corinth gptkb:Crete gptkb:Cyprus gptkb:Delphi gptkb:Epirus gptkb:Euboea gptkb:Rhodes gptkb:Syracuse gptkb:Thebes gptkb:Thessaly gptkb:Doris gptkb:Sparta gptkb:Argos gptkb:Miletus gptkb:Pergamon gptkb:Pontic_Kingdom gptkb:Arcadia gptkb:ancient_Greece gptkb:Cilicia gptkb:Lydia gptkb:Macedon gptkb:Aetolia gptkb:Caria gptkb:Paros gptkb:Phocaea gptkb:Syros gptkb:Delos gptkb:Ephesus gptkb:Ionia gptkb:Roman_period gptkb:Seleucid_Empire gptkb:Thrace gptkb:Elis gptkb:Kos gptkb:Larissa gptkb:Chios gptkb:Thera gptkb:Aeolis gptkb:Archaic_period gptkb:Locris gptkb:Mytilene gptkb:Olynthus gptkb:Paphlagonia gptkb:Pharsalus gptkb:Abdera gptkb:Melos gptkb:Imbros gptkb:Tenedos gptkb:Chalcidice gptkb:Eretria gptkb:Hellenistic_period gptkb:Magna_Graecia gptkb:Samos gptkb:Boeotia gptkb:Lemnos gptkb:Naxos gptkb:Pella gptkb:Aegina gptkb:Andros gptkb:Amphipolis gptkb:Ptolemaic_Egypt gptkb:Troas gptkb:Maroneia gptkb:Tenos gptkb:Lesbos gptkb:Pontus gptkb:Akanthos gptkb:Potidaea gptkb:Samothrace gptkb:Thasos gptkb:Bithynia gptkb:Lycia gptkb:Pamphylia gptkb:Phrygia gptkb:Pisidia gptkb:Siphnos Mykonos Classical period
gptkbp:valuation	one-sixth of a drachma
gptkbp:weight	about 0.5 to 1 gram
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Drachma
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6