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mentum, in Lucania, either in the 1st or 2d campaign of that war. As there- 

 fore, by such a blow, he must have rendered no small service to the common 

 cause, it is natural to suppose, that the allies did him the honour of impressing 

 his name on some of their coins. And that this was really the ease, we may 

 fairly presume, as Papius Mutilus and Tiberius Veturius, "i other Italian ge- 

 nerals, his cotemporaries, were actually treated with the same mark of distinction, 

 at the same time, for their laudable conduct in the social war. This we learn 

 from several ancient medals, adorned with the names of those commanders, that 

 have been heretofore explained. Mr. S. would therefore convert the M. lam- 

 poNivs of the printed copies of Appian into m. or ni. lvponivs, the preno- 

 men and name pointed out to us by this coin. 



XXXIX. Description of a Punic Coin appertaining to the Isle of Gozo, hitherto 

 attributed to that of Malta, by the Learned. By the Rev. John Swinton, 

 B.D., F. R.S. p. 261. 



On one side of this piece, is the head of a woman veiled, and on the other 3 

 Egyptian figures, according to the Marquis Scipio MafFei. It is observable that 

 this medal, as well as that communicated to the learned world by the last men- 

 tioned author, exhibits a sort of wings fixed on the hips of the two exterior 

 figures, though nothing like such wings is visible on the similar medal published 

 by Sig. Abate Venuti. That this medal was at first adorned with a short Punic 

 inscription on the reverse, formed of the letters koph, lamed, and nun, and 

 consequently struck in the isle of gavlos, or Gozo, near Malta, is plainly 

 deducible from the draughts of it published by the Marquis Scipio MafFei and 

 Sig. Abate Venuti. It may not be improper to remark, that the piece now con- 

 sidering will bring a fresh accession of strength to what has been advanced in a 

 former paper, relative to this species of coins, as well as to the Punic or Phoe- 

 nician name of the people anciently inhabiting the isle of Gozo. 



XL. Observations on an Inedited Coin, adorned with two Punic Characters on 

 the Reverse. By the Rev. John Swinton, B. D., F. R. S. p. 265. 

 This is a small brass medal, exhibiting on one side the head of a woman, 

 decked with ears of corn ; and on the other a horse standing still, and looking 

 behind him, or towards his tail, one of the usual symbols on the reverses of 

 such Punic coins. The medal is pretty well preserved, and adorned with two 

 Punic characters ; one of which is placed near the horse's breast, and the other 

 under his belly. Neither of them seems to have suffered much, if at all, from 

 the injuries of time. These two Punic letters may, Mr. S. apprehends, be 

 safely pronounced Aleph and Koph, and must be considered as forming the first 

 part of the name of some noted city, either in Sicily or Africa. As Mr. S.. 



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