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"an eerie grinning skull from the Roman cemetery at Potmos . . . A wreath of gold olive leaves is still in place about its crown; the silver coin [was] originally in the mouth of the deceased. This was the traditional fare paid to the boatman Charon, who ferried the dead across the River Styx to the underworld." . . . Rough Guide
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