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An ancient silver octobol of Korkyra, modern Corfu, showing the head of Dione and Pegasos Coin Type: Silver octobol (or drachm) of Korkyra (modern Corfu), period of Roman protectorate after 229 BCE.
Size and Weight: 15mm x 19mm, 2.79g
Obverse: Veiled and laureate head of Dione right.
Reverse: Pegasos flying right, ΣΩ monogram below, all within a laurel wreath.
Provenance: Artifact Man Ancient Coins (Vcoins), September 2009
Ref: GCV 2028
BW Ref: 001 043 146
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