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initiated AKPA, or acra, as we learn from the 
authors cited by ( t ) Bochart ; and that the fame 
name was ufed by the Carthaginians, it is by no 
means unreafonable to fuppofe. Perhaps the later 
Greek name AKPAr AS, or fome other appellation 
fimilar to it, might alfo have been in vogue amongfl 
them. In either of which cafes, the Punic elements 
Alcph , Kophy would very well anlwer to the Greek 
letters Alpha , Kappa ; as the latter of thofe letters is 
well known not feldom to have been equivalent to 
the (2) Phoenician, and confequently the Punic, 
Koph. 
This feems ftill farther to appear from the draught 
of a medal of Agrigentum, publifhed by (3) Paruta, 
with thofe two characters, and thofe two only* upon 
it. As the Alpha and Kappa there may, with great 
reafon, be deemed equipollent to the two Punic ele- 
ments on the coin here defcribed ; fuch an equipol- 
lence, or rather coincidence, of chara&ers will be 
looked upon as an additional proof of the truth, or, 
at lead:, the probability, of the notion I would now re- 
commend to the confideration of the learned world.- 
It mud: be here remarked, that under the chin of 
the female head a globule prefents itfelf to oUr view; 
which may be conddered as an uncial mark, de- 
noting the weight or value of the piece. Such 
globules as this (4) not infrequently occur on the 
( 1 ) Boch. Chan . Lib. I. c. xxix. p. 610, 61 1 . Francofurti ad 
Moenum, 1681. 
(2) Philofoph. Tranfaft. Vol. LIV. p. *138, *139. 
(3) Fil. Parut. La Sicil. Num . in Num. di Gergent, n. 9. 
(4) Honor. Arigon. Numijm. quad, cujufcunq-, form. & metal, 
isc. in Antlq, TJrb. & Popular. Num/fm. cum not. numeral . 
M m 2 Etrufcan, 
