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nite-Etrufcan m as not equididant from the other 
two ; and the latter, in my opinion, appears at lead 
equally probable from the face of the infcription. 
Accurate (2) draughts of both thefe medals of Pa- 
pius Mutilus, one of which is in the fined confer- 
vation, may be feen in the table referred to here. 
Of the two foregoing notions that will be judged 
the mod agreeable to truth, which feems the mod 
eligible to the learned. 
The prenomen being thus difpatched, I proceed 
to the name of the Italian commander preferved on 
this coin. The fil'd letter is apparently the Etrufcan 
l. The fecond is as evidently adorned with the 
Samnite-Etrufcan accent, which (3 )gave it the power 
of the Greek diphthong OT, or o v. This • here is only 
a point, equididant from the two fides ; which con- 
firms what I formerly fuggeded, in relation to (4) that 
accent. It is very vifible on the medal I am now 
endeavouring to throw fome light upon. Part of 
the third letter has been defaced, but the remainder 
diffidently indicates it to have been the Samnite- 
Etrufcan P. Some faint traces of both fides of the 
fourth element appear, which will probably be al- 
lowed to announce it v. The Samnite-Etrufcan 
accent in the former which conferred upon it the 
power of OT, or ov, and didinguidied it from the - 
iimple v, however, does not prefent itfelf to our 
view here. Thus dand the characters forming part 
of a name which, if I am not much midaken, will 
loon be more fully explained. 
(2) Philofoph. Tranfaci.V ol. LVIII . Tab. XII. n. 2, 3 - P* ^5 r 
(3) Philofoph.. 'Tran fail. Vol. LJI. Par. I. ,» 32, 33. 
(4) Philofoph, Tranfatl. Vol. LIE Par. i. p. 33. 
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