| The cassette of St. Joseph, wherein were deposited the oboli for the poor, had long been emptied. |
| Three oboli, or half a drachma, will be allotted daily to each, to poor and rich alike. |
| Nine oboli were a drachma and a half, or about six sestertii. |
| Any slave like Curio, or he of the Flavian, may be had for a basket-full of oboli. |
| To diminish the latter an entrance-fee of two oboli, 3d., was established, but the receipts were made over to the poor. |
| Distribution of three oboli per head per day to all the citizens. |
