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nounce m the initial letter of the prenomen of our (23) 
Safinii’s, or Safinlus’s, father^ I would rather account 
for the fmall point here mentioned in this manner 
than fuppofe it an accent, as Sig. (24) Olivieri does, 
fmce we find fomething fimilar to this on(23)Pa- 
pius Mutilus’s coins j fuch a point being clearly vifible 
(26) there, between the element c, the initial letter 
of the prenomen of Mutiliis’s father and the word 
Paapi, that general’s name. This obfervation will, 
perhaps, be allowed to bring no fmall accefiion of 
ftrength to the interpretation of the word safinim 
here laid down, and, in its turn, to receive no incon- 
fiderable fupport from that interpretation. 
After maturely weighing the reafons above alledged, 
I would flatter myfelf, that the Royal Society will 
adopt the preceding interpretation, as much eafier, 
more Ample and natural, and even more confonant to 
the genius of fuch Samnite coins as that here ex- 
plained, than any of thofe different (27) ones that have 
hitherto appeared, though propofed by four of the 
greatefl: (28) antiquaries this age, or indeed any other 
age, has produced. To that mofi; illuftrious body, 
therefore, I beg leave to fubmit, with the utmofi: de- 
(23) Philofoph. TranfaSi. Vol. LII. P. i. Tab. I. fig. i. 
P- 34> 35- . . 
(24) Sag. di DiJJertaz. Accademteh. dl Carton, ubifup. p. igg. 
(25) Philofoph. Tranfadl. Vol. LII. P. i. Tab. I. p. 28. 
Sag. di Dijfertaz. di Carton, ubi fup. 
(26) Philofoph. Tranfadi. & Sag. di Differtaz. di Carton, ubi fup. 
P- ’'33- 
(27) Scip. Maff. ap. Annib. degl. Abat. Olivier, in Sag. di 
Difjertaz. di Carton. Tom. IV. p. 142, 146, 147. Jo. Bapt. 
Palfer, ibid. Olivier, ibid. Pdlcr, ubi fup. p. ii, i2, 13. 
(28} lidem ibid. 
ference, 
