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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 1416096, member: 13719&quot;]I&#039;m a bit confused weather its an Obol, or 3/4 obol <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I asked about the 2nd one posted a while ago, on forvm, and was told it was it was 3/4 obol</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=77086.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=77086.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=77086.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;6 obols to the drachm, so the obol weight keys off the weight standard for the drachm i.e. one sixth of whatever the applicable weight of the drachm at that place and time.&nbsp; In the Attic weight standard this would be a 0.8 gm obol. I think (but I am not sure) that your coin was probably struck on the Lycian low weight standard in which case the obol would be 0.72 gms. Some further details on the various Greek weights standards attached below&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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