Usually means: Ancient Greek coin, small value.
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  1. obolus: Merriam-Webster
  2. obolus: Collins English Dictionary
  3. obolus: Vocabulary.com
  4. obolus: Wordnik
  5. obolus: Wiktionary
  6. obolus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. obolus: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Obolus, obolus: Dictionary.com
  9. Obolus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Obolus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. obolus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. obolus: Rhymezone
  13. Obolus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. obolus: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. obolus: FreeDictionary.org
  16. obolus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. obolus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Obolus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Definitions from Wiktionary (obolus)

noun:  A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.
noun:  (historical) A unit of weight, equal to one-sixth of a drachma.
noun:  Alternative form of obelus [(historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk.]

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