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moldring, nor capable of long continuance when it is 
expofed to the Air: It has the following Infcriptioa 
PRO. SAL. DOMIN 
— -IM N N INVI 
CTISSIMORVM 
AVGG. GENIOLOC! 
FLAVIVS LONG^I fuppofeVS there 
TRIB.MIL. LEG XX. not hehg room 
LONGINUS FLA for INVS. 
VIVS DOMO 
SAMOSATA 
V. S. 
By the Title of Domini noflri given to the Empe- 
rors, it appears, that this Infcription was of the Bas 
Empire^ not before Diockfiany nor yet fo late as Theodo'* 
fiHSy it being Pagan. The Stone it felf is about Thir- 
ty two Inches high, Sixteen in breadth, and Nine thick | 
On the one end is Engraven, not very curioufly, the 
Refemblance of a Genius, holding a Cornu, Copia ; on 
the other is a Flower-pot fomewhat better performed, 
but a little endamaged by the foftnefs of the Stone. 
Thebackfide oppofite to the Infcription, is adorned with 
a pretty fort of FeuiUage^ defigned to fill up the vacant 
fpace. On the top in a pretty deep Cavity, is a full 
Face of a Man, almoft fuch as they Paint the Sun or 
Full Moon withal, with a Cap upon his Head, of which 
as yet I cannot comprehend the Defign I fubmit it to 
the pifquifition of the Society i and if it be thought 
requifite, I will more particularly infped: and defcribe 
this Stone , which is in the Cuftody of one Mn 
Prefcot here, a great lover of Antiquity, and who 
has fevcral Curiofities by him, which I am promifei 
to perufe. 
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