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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2039417, member: 15445&quot;]Yes in deed.&nbsp; The Obol spec is 0.65 grams and the Hemiobol is specified at 0.32 in my Sear book.&nbsp; Obviously you ran into some of the same questions as I had with this little piece of silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was wrestling with the Obol vs Hemiobol question and originally wrote my coin label as Hemiobol.&nbsp; After finding a 0.51 gram example listed as an Obol <u>and 500 B.C.</u> on Widwinds (BMC 18a) I got completely confused.&nbsp; First this all went onto my label &amp; then I took it all off. I figured Mr. Berk knows more than me and he had Obol on his tag and he had 435-411 B.C. on the tag. Apparently the majority of what I found on the Internet stated Obol at about 0.5 grams and the majority stated 435-411 B.C..&nbsp; I figured that Mr. Berk and the majority wanted me to list it as an Obol and 435-411 on my coin label (so I followed the crowd).</p><p><br /></p><p>According to my Sear book it could be Sear 1359 (an Obol with 3 pellets in the field dated 510-490 B.C.) which is not depicted in the Sear book (B.M.C.3. 18).&nbsp; On my coin I kind-of see two pellets above &amp; one below.&nbsp; It would be nice if an expert would chime-in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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