Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Triobolus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

TRIOB'OLUS (τριόβολος). A silver coin of the Greek currency (Plaut. Bacch. ii. 3. 26.); containing three oboli, or half a drachma. It was coined, however, of two standards; the Attic, worth about 4¾d. of our money, and the Aeginetan, which was nearly equal to 6¾d.