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attended by the words magel, camic, the Punic 
names of two Sicilian towns. The latter of thefe 
was the camicvs (21) of Diodorus Siculus and 
Herodotus, and the former the macella, or 
magella, from whence the magellini of 
Pliny (22), of Dio (23) and Polybius (24). The 
letters of the infcription are drawn from the left 
hand to the right, contrary to the ufual Punic man- 
ner of writing. But fuch accidental miltakes of the 
moneyers as this are fometimes vifible on antient 
coins. This valuable medal, which formerly had a 
* place in Lord Winchelfea’s noble collection, corrects 
the famous Bochart, with refpeCt to the origin of 
the name camicvs ; and has prefervcd an unufual 
Punic form of Lamed , agreeingwith a Samaritan (25) 
one of the fame element, as well as a figure of Ghimel , 
that not feldom occurs on the Siculo-Punic coins. 
Some may, however, confider this medal as of Greek 
extraction ; the third letter fo nearly refembling 
Lambda , and the antient Sicilian Greeks, on certain 
occafions, having uled the Phoenician Koppa upon 
their coins, as appears from the medals of Syracufe. 
But as the Me?n is plainly Punic, or Phoenician, and 
both the Greek terminations wanting here, I can by 
no means prevail upon myfelf to fubferibe to fuch 
an opinion. 
(21) Died. Sic. Lib. IV. & XXIII. Herodot. Lib. VII. 
(22) Plin. Nat. Hiji. Lib. HI. c. viii. 
(23) Dio in Excerpt, apud Porphyrogennct. p. 637. 
(24) Polyb. Lib. I. p. 24. 
(25) Numifrn. Antiq. lAc. a Thom. Pemb. & Mont. Gomcr, 
.Com, Collett, P. ii. T. 85. num. 5. 
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