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Simon Warcup is a 36-year-old British amateur astronomer and Skeptic, currently working in IT in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Obol (coin)
Obol (coin) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Unit of Ancient Greek Coinage For the modern Greek currency, see the Ionian obol ; for the British currency, see the halfpenny ; for the brachiopod genus, see Obolidae . Not to be confused with Obelus . Obols through history Six rod-shaped obols discovered at the Heraion of Argos (above) . Six obols forming one drachma . Silver obol of Athens, dated 515–510 BC. Obv. Gorgoneion Rev. Incuse square. Charon's obol . 5th–1st century BC. LUCANIA, Metapontion. c. 425 –350 BC. Æ 21 mm. An obol of the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius , 12 mm in diameter. A 19th-century obol from the British-occupied Ionian Islands . The obol ( Greek : ὀβολός , obolos , also ὀβελός ( obelós ), ὀβελλός ( obellós ), ὀδελός ( odelós ). lit. "nail, metal spit"; [1] Latin : obolus ) was a form of ancient Greek currency and weight. Cont
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