[DOC] [TLE] Obol (coin) - Wikipedia [PAR] The obol was a form of ancient Greek currency and weight. Contents. [hide]. 1 
Currency ... were originally spits of copper or bronze traded by weight, while six 
obols make a ... Excavations at Argos discovered several dozen of these early 
obols, dated well ... In ancient Greece, it was generally reckoned as 16 drachma 
( c. [DOC] [TLE] Greek drachma - Wikipedia [PAR] Drachma was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history: 
An ancient ... Initially a drachma was a fistful (a "grasp") of six obolo or obelo (
metal sticks, literally "spits") used as a form of ... The reverse is featured on the 
national side of the modern Greek 1 euro coin. ... Drachma, 6 obols, 4.3 grams, 
. [DOC] [TLE] Greece: Secrets of the Past - Greek Coinage [PAR] Some of these were selected for portability, some for their decorative appeal, and 
others for their immediate availability as food. ... The first generation of coins 
produced by the Lydians was made of electrum, a naturally-occurring pale ... 
Obol = the smallest silver coin, equal to one cooking spit 6 obols = made up a 
drachma [DOC] [TLE] coinage - Greek & Roman Mythology - Tools [PAR] The drachma, again, contained 6 obols. ... The coins of the island of Aegina were 
stamped on one side with the figure of a tortoise, on the other side with a... [DOC] [TLE] History of Biblical coins, how they were made, money weight system [PAR] Although coins were first used in Babylon and Athens at early at the 6th century 
BC, ... believed to be gold, silver or bronze AND had a specific weight equal to 
the official coin. ... When that year was ended, they came to him the following 
year, and said to him, We ..... Obol: (12 grams, 24mm) One Eagle standing wings 
open. [DOC] [TLE] 1 GREEK AND ROMAN COINS GREEK COINS Technique Ancient ... [PAR] Ancient Greek coins were struck from blank pieces of metal first prepared by 
heating ... the drachm (handful) which was divided into six obols (spits). ... 
equaled twenty silver, his coinage was continued by the Persians after their 
conquest .... A great quantity of these bronze coins were issued in the first half of 
the 2nd century. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Coins: What about Sparta? - CoinWeek [PAR] Sep 23, 2014 ... Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek Spartans disdained 
many things that other ancient Greeks valued. One of these things was money. ... 
The first-century historian Plutarch says of the legendary Spartan lawgiver, .... In 
the Greek system of weights, six obols equaled one drachma. [DOC] [TLE] Greek Coinage - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Jul 15, 2016 ... One of the great archaeological survivors, coins are an invaluable source of ... 
From these bars and rods sprang the idea for a more portable and universal 
material which ... The first Greek coins appeared in Aegina c. ... ranging from the 
obol (six of which equalled one drachma) to the double octadrachm. [DOC] [TLE] Currencies of the Classical World [PAR] were divided into 6 obols; 100 drachms equaled 1 mine, 6000 drachms 1 talent. 
The most ... These drachms became the first major trading coins of the world. [DOC] [TLE] Money, Weights, and Measures in Antiquity - Livius [PAR] Silver in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid period contained 1/8 alloy, i.e. 
silver had 87.5 % purity. ... 1 Babylonian mina, = 6 kar, = 60 shekel, = 499.80 gr 
... The Athenian silver drachm (coin) of the second and first century weighs 4.20 
gr. ... Romans 12,000 Attic talents of pure silver, in twelve equal annual payments
,... [DOC] [TLE] Obol - Brown University [PAR] An obol is an ancient Greek coin that has one-sixth the value of a drachma. The 
first silver obols were minted in Aegina, most likely sometime after 600 BCE. ... 
These were much more convenient for smaller denominations, since a bronze 
coin... [DOC] [TLE]

Question: Originally 6 obols equaled one of these coins
Answer: Drachma