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formed almoft without any interruption. We 

 fhall hereafter fpeak more fully of thefe. 



9. The Hetrufcan i of which it is pretended 

 there are dill Ibme to be found, but of this 

 many learned men have a rational doubt. 



10. The Punic or Carthaginian: thefe are 

 not fcarce, efpecially in fmall brafs. They are 

 cafily dillinguifhed by their emblem, which is 

 a crocodile reding againft a palm tree-, and 

 was the arms of the republic of Carthage. 

 There are fome of them alfo that have a human 

 figure on one fide holding a fpear in one hand, 

 with this infcription Kart-hago ; and on the 

 other the head of a horfe, in profile, and un- 

 der, on the exergue is XPJ 



j i. The Parthian. 



12. The Gothic : thefe are ill fhaped pieces, 

 and of which neither the characters nor emblems 

 are explicable. The Goths, having made them- 

 klves mailers of Italy, would imitate the em- 

 perors, and caufed money to be immediately 

 ilruck, with a form and character of their 

 own : but they fucceeded very badly ; and in 

 their gold coins there is not fometimes a fourth 

 part that is pure. There are however fomc 

 medals of their kings, as Atalaric, Theodal, 

 Witigcs, Totilas, Attila, &c. which fhould be 

 ranged after the lad emperors of the Wed. 



13. The Span ifh j which were made in'imi- 

 tation of the Punic, bccauie the Carthaginians 

 were then matters of Spain , and they had par- 

 ticular 



