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and Sig. Annibale degli Abati Olivieri (5), a gentle- 
man of Pefaro, who has written two learned diflerta- 
tions upon three or four medals of the fame kind 5 
all which, with the greateft appearance of truth, he 
takes to have been ftruck on occafion of the Social 
war. Fulvius Urfinus, Patin, Vaillant, Morel, and 
Havercamp affign the medal refembling mine a place 
amongft the uncertain, or unknown, confular coins > 
though Havercamp (6), without any manner of 
foundation, affirms it to be a medal of Faleria. But 
this is not to be wondered at, as he feems to have 
been almoft an intire ftranger to the Etrufcan cha- 
racter. Sig. Annibale degli Abati Olivieri has, with 
the higheft degree of probability, determined it to be 
(7) a Samnite coin; and clearly evinced it to have 
firft appeared in (8), or about, the year of Rome 
663. 
But notwithftanding this moft learned' and inge- 
nious gentleman has fo perfectly well explained three 
very rare filver Etrufcan medals of C. Papius Mutilus, 
who commanded the Samnite troops in the Social 
war, that not the lead doubt can be entertained of 
the truth of his explication ; notwithftanding he has 
fufficiently proved the coin I am confidering to have 
been adorned with the name of the pretor of the 
( 5 ) Saggt di Dijfertazioni Accademiche pubblicamente lette nella 
Nobile Accademia Etrufca dell ’ antlchijfima Citta di Cortona. 
Tom. II. p. 49—72. & Tom. IV. p. 133—148. 
(6) Sig. Haverc. apud Andr. Morel, in Thefattr. Nuvujmat. 
five Sig. ^Haverc. Comment, in Famil. Roman, num. omn. &c. 
p. 459. 
(7) Annib. degli Abati Olivier. in Saggi &c. ubi fup. 
(8) Id. ibid. 
Marfi, 
