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Etrnfcsn coins. The du«fts of the letters are drawn. 
, I 0 , much accu racy, that they may be intirely 
depended upon. [Vide Tab. XX.] * 
i he mfcription here mentioned, handing behind 
lie lamented head on this denarius, is drawn from 
tiie right hand to the left, after the Etrufcan manner, 
and confifts of eight letters. The firft of thefe isthe 
Digamma equivalent to V or F, as it appears on the 
celebrated tables of Gubbio, and fever*! Etrufcan 
C °'f ' u f eco " d ,s apparently I, and the fixth will 
undoubtedly be taken for the fame element. The third 
is manifeftly T, both on my medal and every frmilar 
one hitherto published. The fourth and fifth mull be E 
though the latter of thefe has not been perfeQlv well 
pi elerved on my coin. The feventh will be univerfallv 
confidered as V, though only part of it is vifible on 
he piece before me. The eighth is the Etrufcan R 
as prefented to our view by one of the medals of 
C. 1 apius Mutnus, by the tables of Gubbio, and by 
other Etrufcan remains of antiquity. It is very per- 
V t" d W ;lP ' d not exhibited by .any fuch piece 
mat has hitherto appeared ( 1 3.). Sig. Annibale degli 
Abati Olivieri feems inclined to take the firft element 
of the mfcription (14) for P. But this is probably- 
done in order to accommodate the name to the cor- 
rupted text of Velleius. The form he himfelf has 
given us of this letter bears fcarce any refemblance to 
that of the Etrufcan P, on the medals of C. Papius 
Mutilus 3. but approaches near enough to that of the 
* P 3 ^ pa/?: Vid. etiam Gor. Muf. Etrufc Vol U 
h Dempft. De Etrur. Regal. Tom. I. J ' ' ii * 
(H), Sag. ai Dijfertaz . Accadcmicb, &c. Tom. II. p . 65. 
Digamma ^ 
