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medals of Croton, Corinth, and Syracufe, (28) as 
well as upon an inedited Punic coin in my fmail 
cabinet, was ufed for Koph by both the Phoenicians 
and Carthaginians in the earlier times. The form 
of the Koph likewife on a Punic medal, (29) that 
I formerly attempted to explain, was of a pretty 
high antiquity amongft thofe nations. Nor does (30) 
M. Pellerin merit any great attention, or regard, 
when he afligns that letter the power of Aleph j the 
character on the coin he refers to on this occafion 
feeming not to point out Aleph , but Koph. Nor 
has he fo much as offered to interpret the greatefl 
of the e rarer Samaritan coins. Hence it fhould feem incon- 
teftably clear, that the two Phoenician elements, J? W, prefixed 
to the fame fort of numerical characters, on fimilar medals, muft 
be viewed either in the fame or a fimilar light ; which, in con- 
junction with the initial letters preferved on the famous Samaritan 
medal of Bologna, formerly mentioned f , muft fet the point here 
infilled on beyond difpute. 
8. From the preceding obfervations it feems manifeftly to ap- 
pear, not only that the alphabetic character immediately pre- 
fixed to the aforefaid numerals is Tzade, but likewife that the 
coins on which thefe are imprefled muft be of a later date. 
Hence we may conclude, that the times in which thofe pieces 
were ftruck may, with a fufficient degree of precifion, be 
afcertained. 
(28) Joan. Bapt. Biancon. De antiq. Lit. Hebraor. Lf Gracsr. 
Libel, p. 57, 63. Bononiae, 1748. 
(29) De Niton, quibufd. Sam. & Phcen, Dijfert. p. 86, 87* 
Oxonii, 1750. 
(30) Recueil de Medailles de Peuples et de Villes , Lie. Tom. 
III. p. 1 4 1 , 142. A Paris, 1763. 
e Nutnifm. Antiq. &c. a Tliom. Pembr. & Mont. Gomer. Com. Colleil. 
P. 2. T. 85. Num. 7. Acir. Reland. De Num. Veter. Hebraor. Tab. Non. 
Num. 3. p. 2oi. Traje&i ad Rhenum, 1709. 
f Philofopb. Tranfad, Vol. L. P. ii. p. 792. 
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