triobolus

trĭōbŏlus, i, m., = τριώβολος.

• As a coin, a piece of three oboli, a half-drachm; used to denote a trifle: negare se debere tibi triobolum, a sixpence, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 26 (260): neque triobolum ullum amicae das, id. Poen. 4, 2, 46 (868); id. Rud. 4, 3, 100 (1037); 5, 2, 43 (1330); 5, 2, 67 (1354); cf.: non ego homo trioboli sum, nisi, etc., id. Poen. 1, 2, 168 (377). —
• II As a weight, half a drachm, Cato R. R. 127, 2; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 46.

trĭōbŏlus, (16) ī, m. (τριώβολος), triobole, pièce de monnaie valant trois oboles : Pl. Bacch. 260 ; Pœn. 381 || demi-drachme : Cato Agr. 127, 2 ; C. Aur. Acut. 2, 3, 46.

Triobŏlus

(τριόβολος). A Greek silver coin worth three oboli, or half a drachma. The Attic triobol was worth about $0.08, and the Aeginetan about $0.12.