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Etrufcan, Greek, and Roman coins ; but I remem- 
ber not to have met with any author who has ob- 
ferved, that they appear fometimes on the Punic. 
I have another Carthaginian medal (fee Tab. XII. 
n. 6.), with fuch a globule on the reverfe; from 
whence we may conclude, that this uncial mark was 
ufed, on certain occafions, on both fides of the Punic 
coins. That the globule exhibited by the piece be- 
fore me may be fuppofed an uncial mark, feems 
apparent, not only from the fize of the medal itfelf, 
but likewife from the difficulty of accounting for it 
on any other fuppofition. If what is here advanced 
fhould meet with the approbation of the learned, 
it will be a farther proof that the coin was flruck 
in Sicily; in which ifland, (5) and it’s neighbour- 
hood, many fuch antient pieces hrft appeared. That 
this, howfever, was really the cafe, I muft by no 
means take upon me positively to affirm. 
Tarvifii, 1741. Fil. Parut. ubi fup. pafV. Anton. Francifc. 
Gor. Muf Etrufc. p. 419 — 431. Tab. CXCV1. CXCVIL 
$liique feriptor. plur. 
(5) Iidem ibid. Many antient pieces, flruck in Sicily, Magna 
Grxcia, Etruria, &c. are adorned either with one or more of 
thefe globules ; which are, with great reafon, taken for uncial 
marks by the learned. The coins of Agrigentum, in particular, 
frequently exhibit fuch marks. One of the medals of that city 
has been publifhed, by Paruta, with a fingle globule upon it,, ex- 
tremely fimilar to that handed down to us by the Punic medal 
confidered here. Some of the globules on the Sicilian pieces, 
publifhed by Paruta, are exceeding fmall ; and, in this refpeil, 
greatly refemble that preferved by the Punic coin I have been 
endeavouring to explain. Fil. Parut. La Sicil. Num. in Num. 
di Gergent. di Drag. Fiurn . & alib. 
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