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tetrobol|ˈtɛtrəbɒl|
Also 7–8 tetrobolon, -um, 9 -us.
[ad. mod.L. tetrobol-um, a. Gr. τετρώβολον a four-obolus piece, f. τετρα- four + ὀβολός obolus.]
A silver coin of ancient Greece of the value of four oboli.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Tetrobolon, four Drams. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tetrobolum, a Coin of four Oboli, about four Pence half-penny of our Money. 1842Smith's Dict. Grk. & R. Antiq. s.v. Drachma, Specimens of the tetrobolus, triobolus, diobolus, three-quarter-obol, half-obol,..are still found. 1895Athenæum 23 Nov. 723/1 An æginetic hemi-drachm of about 40 grains..was equivalent to the Corinthian drachm or Attic tetrobol. |