Life Union Corporation, 2, Business, The Coin Company, 1 Iron Obolus
at www.life-union.com/2/thecoincompany/ironobolus.htm for www.thecoincompany.com/ironobolus.htm
1 iron obolus = 4 chalkoi
1 silver obolus = 8 chalkoi
1 drachma (dratto "to grasp") = 6 obol = 23.04 carab
3.84 carab = 1 obol
say 4 carab = 1 obol
then to grab, well then maybe carab is called a chalkoi?
so 4 carab = 1 iron obolus and 8 carab = 1 silver obolus?
this maybe means that an iron obol weighs 4 carab beans and a silver obol weighs 8 carob beans.
well, say 4c = 0.757575758 grams
3.84c = 0.727272727 grams
8c = 1.51515152 grams
7.68c = 1.45454545 grams
3.84/4 = 0.96 or 96%. 4% is kept by maybe the money changer.
1 Fob = 0.73 grams stainless steel non magnetic = 1 iron obolus or Fe OBolus = FOB or BOF reversed = BOOF also.
1 Bag = 1.45 grams of 96% silver 4% copper = 1 silver obolus = 1 obolus silver = oBolus AG or BAG or GAB reversed
say if 1 gram silver = 59 cents or 0.59 usd, then 1.45*0.59 = 86 cents
Updated March 6, 2009 M