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grapple ; there was a great number of lizards which 
had taken fhelter there, and which run out on my 
introducing the hanger. I then difcovered a dark 
fpot, at the diftance of more than a foot, within the 
circumference of the pillar; which, bv ftriking it 
with the hanger, I found wasfomething (luck faft to 
the bafe ; after ftriking it feveral times, I detached 
it from its place, and it proved a medal of Vefpa- 
ftan in fine order. AVT. KAI2. SEBA. OVEEfl.... 
The reverfe is, Victoria gradient ; Dextra Jiicas , 
finif. pabnam . 
This medal was fiewn to the Royal Society . 
The reverfed hieroglyphicks are a proof that this 
amazing monument was not eredted before Pompey’s 
time ; and as there is no mention of it in Strabo, or 
any one of the antient writers that I have met with., 
it feems plain it was not known before the time of 
Vefpafian. This medal could not by any accident, 
I think, have been introduced above a foot within 
the circumference of the (haft ; therefore I fuppofe 
it was placed there when the pillar was eredted, 
which from thence I conclude to have been done to 
the honour of that emperor; and perhaps on his 
reftoring the cripple to the ufe of his limbs.. 
If you think this paper worth it, you will pleafe 
to communicate it to the Royal Society, and that of 
the Antiquaries. 
The pillar is ex&dtly ihewn, with the pivot it 
ftands upon, with a reference to the fpot the medal 
was found upon, in the view of it that I have fent 
to England. 
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