The Morthouse

Image: A post-medieval skull with a coin in each eye orbit, excavated from Bethnal Green, London. Copyright AOC Archaeology.

Via Bones Don’t Lie: Coin in the Mouth or Shoe in the Coffin.

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   I believe the act of putting coins over eyes (and...some cases mouths) was to pay Charon...

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