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Received September 29, 1768. 
XXXVI. Interpretation of the Infcription on 
a Punic Coin, Jlruck in the IJle of Gozo, 
never hitherto explained. In a Letter to 
Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. from 
the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. 
Cuft os Archivorum of the Univerfity of 
Oxford, Member of the Academy degli 
Apatifti at Florence, and of the Etrufcan 
Academy of Cortona in Tufcany. 
4 
Good Sir, 
Read Nov. 24, T T has been obferved by the learned 
17681 J Sig. , Abate Ridolfino Venuti, that 
fuch antient pieces as that before me (fee Tab. XI. n. 
5.), which has a place in myfmall cabinet, adorned with 
a Punic infcription on the reverfe(i), are not feldom 
found in the illand of Malta. This feems in a good 
meafure to have induced him to denominate them 
Maltefe (2) medals, and to confider them as ftruck 
in that bland. On one fide of my coin we difco- 
( 1 ) Saggt di Dijfertazioni Accadetniche pubblicamente lette nella 
Nobil. Accademia Etrufca dell ’ antichijjima Cittd di Cortona. 
Tom. I. p. 35 — 42. 
(2) Dijjertaz. dell ' Abat. Ridolfin. Venut. in Sag. di DiJJertaz. 
Auademich. lAc. ubi fup. 
H h 2 
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