ὀβολός, ὁ,
obol, used both as a weight and coin, at Athens, = 1/6 of a δραχμή, rather more than three halfpence, [[ “IG” 12.140.5, +others, frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus, “Nu.” 118, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολὺ or μικρὸν τοῦ ὀ. a thing of which you get much or little for an obol, i. e. worthless or valuable, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 135, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 185, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 945 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν θεωρεῖν 'to sit in the cheap seats', [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.28. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II as a weight, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.295, etc. (ὀβολός, ὀβελός, ὀβελλός, ὀδελός] Refs 2nd c.AD+] are different dialect forms of a word for 'spit' or 'nail', nails being used in early times as money, six of them making a handful (δραχμή),[[compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 17.) ] Refs 1st c.AD+]