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An ancient silver didrachm of Korkyra, modern Corfu, showing the head of Dionysos and Pegasos Coin Type: Silver didrachm of Korkyra (modern Corfu), after 229 BCE (period of Roman occupation).
Size and Weight: 19mm x 21mm, 4.18g
Obverse: Head of young Dionysos, wreathed in ivy.
Reverse: Pegasos springing from a prow.
Monograms below front legs.
Provenance: coin.ages (eBay), February 2010
Ref: GCV 2027 var. (the prow)
BW Ref: 003 048 154
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