U+1017E "𐅾" Greek Three Obols Sign Unicode Character

U+1017E "𐅾" Greek Three Obols Sign is a numeric symbol from the Ancient Greek Numbers block, representing a monetary value of three obols in the premodern Greek currency system. An obol was a small silver coin, and three obols constituted a half-drachma, making this sign a convenient shorthand for recording sums in financial and commercial inscriptions. This character was typically used on papyri, ostraca, and stone texts to denote specific amounts in transactions, taxes, or wages, reflecting the practical accounting needs of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and digital typographers to accurately represent these historical financial notations in modern electronic texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1017E
Version Added	4.1
Name	Greek Three Obols Sign
Block	Ancient Greek Numbers
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐅾
HTML Hex Encoding	𐅾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x85 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD7E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001017E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd7e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Greek
Script Extensions	Greek
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other