Definition
diobols
noun
- Plural of diobol; small silver coins of ancient Greece, each worth two obols.
Usage: historical; numismatics
Examples
- Ancient Greek merchants used diobols as everyday currency in their transactions.
- The museum's collection includes several well-preserved diobols from the 5th century BCE.
- Diobols were worth twice as much as a single obol in the ancient Greek monetary system.
- Archaeologists discovered a cache of diobols buried beneath the ruins of the marketplace.