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ver the head of a woman veiled, and on the reverfe* 
that of a fheep, under which hands a word formed 
of three Punic characters. The piece itfelf is well 
enough preferved, and the letters in particular have 
almoft intirely efcaped the injuries of time. Several 
fimilar medals have been publifhed by (3) Paruta, 
(4) Laftano fa, the (5) Marquis Scipio Maffei, (6)Sig. 
Abate Venuti, and (7) M. Pellerin ; on which the 
three elements here mentioned, though, perhaps, not 
fo accurately taken as thofe tranfmittcd you in the 
draught of my coin, are exhibited to our view. The 
legend or infcription, however, on the reverfe has 
never, unlefs I am greatly deceived, been hitherto 
rightly explained. 
The firft of the characters preferved by the medal 
I am confidering is taken by Sig. Abate (8) Venuti 
for Koph , and I intirely agree with him in that no- 
tion. On my piece, however, it mult be allowed 
iomewhat different both from the correfpondent ele- 
ment given us by this celebrated antiquary and that 
which occurs on the fimilar medals publifhed by 
(9) M. Pellerin. It feems to refemble, though not 
very ffrongly, the letter Kappa, as it appears on cer- 
tain antient Greek coins. I am neverthelefs fully fa- 
tisfied, from feveral conffderations, that the cha- 
(3) Paruta Medagl. idc. 
(4) Laftanofa Muf de las Medullas Defconocld. id'c. En Huefca,, 
1645. 
(3) Maffe. Ver on. lllujlrat. Lib. III. c. vii. p. 259, &c. 
(6) Ridolfin. Venur. ubi fap. 
(7) Peller. Recueil de Aledailles de Penples id dc Villes , idc-% 
Tom. III. p. 85, 86. A Paris, 1763. 
(8) Ridolfin. Venut. ul'i fup. 
(9) Peller. ubi fup. 
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