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the reverie j which he takes, with great reafon, to 
be the initial letter of the word Corfinium, the name 
of that town. The coin of which I now fend you 
a fhort account (fee Tab. XVIII. n. 5.) agrees with 
that denarius in every particular, but the letter 011 
the reverfe; which is e, not c. But this is fo 
far from overturning M. Pellerin’s notion, that it will, 
at leaft in my opinion, flrongly fupport, if not en- 
^tirely confirm, it j which will, if I am not greatly 
miflaken, from what immediately follows, more 
clearly appear. 
That thefe coins, and others fimilar to them, firft 
appeared about the time of the Social war, mufi: 
be allowed extremely probable, from the fymbols on 
the (31) reverfe which mofi; of them exhibit, and 
has been obferved by one of the greatefi: 
Etrufean (32) antiquaries of the prefent age. The 
letter E, on the reverfe of my denarius, has a 
Samnite, Samnite-Etrufean, or oriental, diredlion, 
from the right hand to the left j which will, 
I conceive, notwithftanding the Roman letters in the 
exergue, fufficiently announce it a Samnite, or Sam- 
nite-Etrufean, coin. This alfo will, in fome mea- 
fure, be evinced by the charader itfelf j which 
more refembles the antient Etrufean form of e, than 
tera del Slg. Olivier, al Slg. Abate Barthelemyy ^c. p. 41,42,43. 
Tab. IV. n. 3, 4. In Pefaro, 1757. Sig. Canonic. Mazoca?. 
Jopra I'Origin. de’ Tirren. Tab. II. n. 15, 16. in Sag. di DiJ/ertaz^ 
Accademicb. di Gorton. Tom. III. p. 61, 62. In Konia, 1741.. 
Strab. Geogr. L. V. p. 156. 
(31) DifJ'ertaz. di Annibale degli Abati Olivieri fopra due me^ 
daglie Sannitiche in Sag. di dijjertaz. Accademicb. pub. let. neL 
nobil. Accadem. Etrufe. dell’ antichijji cit. di Cortona^ Tom. II. 
p. 57. In Roma, 1738. 
(3?) Annib. degl, Abat, Olivieri, ubi fup, 
VoL. LIX. L 1 1 the 
