OBOLUS is the twentieth Part of a Shekel. Siclus viginti obolos habet. The Exod. xxx. 13.Hebrew reads, The Shekel is twenty Gerabs. The Gerab is the smallest Piece of Hebrew Money, and is in Value about five Farthings of our Money.
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