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and thofe of the Augudan age faesvlae. The 
diphthong ai at firft prevailed amongft the Latins, 
as well as the Greeks ; but was afterwards converted 
by them into /E, or ae. 
That the Etrufcans ufed globules on their coins, to 
denote the weight or value of them, has been obferv- 
ed by the mod: celebrated (17) antiquaries, and is now 
univerfally allowed. From them the cuftom of im- 
preffing thefe marks upon money and weights pafled 
to the Romans. Now Faefulse was one of the mod: 
famous and antient cities of Etruria. Nay, with its 
didridt, according to a (18) very eminent writer, it 
formed one of the twelve lucumonies, or free dates, 
of that country; and, in fupport of this fentiment, 
it may be remarked, that feveral valuable remains 
of (19) Etrufcan antiquity have been found near the 
fpot formerly occupied by that city. A mint was 
therefore undoubtedly eredted there, and money coined 
in it. The fituation of this place, at a fmall didance 
from the Arno, and not far from the Tyrrhenian Sea, 
may be confidered as an additional reafon why a turfo, 
or tyrfo, fhould have fometimes been impreffed on its 
coins. 
The age of the piece before me I cannot take 
upon me, with any precifion, to determine ; but think 
it mud have been emitted from the mint at Fasfulas, 
before the final fubjugation of Etruria by the Romans. 
(17) Phil. Bonarot. ubi fup. Honor. Arigon. Nurn. Urb. & Po- 
pular. Hetrur. AnUqu'tJpm. Tarvifii, 1745. 
(18) Dempft. ubi fup. et alibi. Vid. etiam Cluver. Cellar. &c. 
(19) Anton. Francilc. Gor. ubi fup. p. 19, 112, 435. 
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