# Charon's obol

> allusive term for a coin placed in the mouth of the dead to pay Charon to ferry them to the underworld

**Wikidata**: [Q4216404](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4216404)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon's_obol)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/charon-s-obol


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013