obole
(ˈɒbəʊl)
[a. F. obole (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. obolus: see obolus.]
1. A small French coin orig. of silver, later of billon, in use from 10th to 15th c.; also called maille = ½ a denier.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Obole (obolus), a Coyn, variable according to the Country, with us it is an halfpenny. 1830 [E. Hawkins] Anglo-Fr. Coinage 47 The obole or half denier of Henry the Second. |
† 2. = obolus 3. Obs.
| 1601 Holland Pliny II. 36 An obole or half a scruple. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Obole... Also a halfpenny weight, twelve grains among Apothecaries, and fourteen among Mintmen and Goldsmiths. |