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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7294461, member: 19463&quot;]It is not at all unusual to see coins sold using different terms and it is not always certain which is closer to correct since we do not have written records for many things.&nbsp; A trihemiobol or 1.5 obol is also 1/4 of a drachm (six obols equal one drachm).&nbsp; How did the citizen of Kyzicos look at it?&nbsp; Do you have a US five cent piece or a nickel or perhaps even a half di(s)me?&nbsp; The coins shown in this thread span a period of time at least equal to the one that separates Roosevelt dimes from the first US silver and people applied different names and weight standards along the way in both cases.&nbsp; We study and we try to do the best we can.&nbsp; Then we guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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