Definition

• A copper coin of modern Greece, the Ionian Isles, and the Greek Republic under Capo d'Istria. It is the one hundredth part of a Phoenix, or Drachma. The five Lepta piece is also called an Obolos. The word Lepton means thin or fragile.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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