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I. 
The firftof thefe minute infcrlptlons, (See Tab. I ll, 
n. 7.) which is the firft of thofe published (2) by the 
Prince di Torremuzza, in the place here referred to, 
adorns a fine Punic tetradrachm,as it fhould feem,,weli 
enough preferved ; which on one fide prefents to our 
view the head of a woman, and three fifiiesj but, on 
the reverfe, the head of an horfe, behind which fiands a 
palm tree, attended by an infcription, in the exergue, 
formed of feven Punic letters. The workmanlhip, 
as well as the types, is probably fimiiar to that of the 
filver medals of Menas, by me deicribed and ex- 
plained, in (3) one of my former papers. 
The firft of the letters, of which this infcription is 
compofed, will be allowed an Ain of the ufual Punic 
form. This may be collected from the (4) coins of 
Menae, juft mentioned, as well as others, that might 
eafily be produced. The fecond feems to ht Nun» 
But it has been inaccurately taken, and is in reality 
Mfm. This is likewife clearly evinced by the 
(5) legends on the reverfes of other fimiiar Siculo- 
Punic coins. The third is undoubtedly the Punic 
(2) Ibid. p. 292. 
(3) Philofo-ph. "TranfdSl. Vol. LIY. Tab. xi. n. i, p. 99, 404, 
(4) Phitofopb. 'Triinfail. ubi (up, 
(5) Philofoph. Tranfaf.U ubi hip. D. Bernard. Aldret. Var. 
Antiguedad. de Efpan. i^c. p. 177—180. D. Vincen. Juan de 
I.altanol, Afuf. de las Alednl. dtjeonoetd, Efpan ol, f ab. 45, Eii 
H icfca, 1645- keJler. Recueil de Adedaill &c. I'orn. Trois. p, 
pb 88. 1!. 5. A Paris, 1 763. A'Icmoir. de Litterat. de PJeetdem, 
ties injeript. iff Pell. Letir. isc. Tom. Ticnuem. p, 417. pi. ii. 
8, 9» 10, X2. A Parisj 1764. 
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