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queen of Malta and Gozo, when thofe iflands were 
under the domination of the Greeks, and occupied 
by them and the Phoenicians. Which if we admit, 
it will farther from thence follow, that all thofe 
pieces were {truck before the Carthaginians were 
polfeffed of Malta and Gozo. For the fettlement of 
the Phoenicians in thofe iflands was undoubtedly prior 
to that of the (8) Greeks, and the Carthaginians 
(9) fucceeded the latter in the occupation of them. 
The medals therefore of Gozo by me formerly named 
Punic, fince the difcovery of Mr. Godwyn’s coin, 
I would rather denominate (10) Phoenician, as being 
{truck when the Phoenicians remained in that ifland. 
This feems to have been fufpedted by (1 1) Sig. Abate 
Venuti, when he affirms the piece fo perfectly fimi- 
lar to Mr. Godwyn’s to be a Phoenician medal, or 
at leaft one of the mod antient Carthaginian coins ; 
but, by Mr. Godwyn’s piece, it is rendered abfo- 
lutely inconteftable. We may therefore conclude, 
that the princefs whofe head appears on all thefe 
medals was queen of Malta and Gozo, before the 
Carthaginians were fettled in either of thofe iflands ; 
though the time when ffie fwayed the fcepter there 
cannot, for want of fufficient light from antient hif- 
tory, with any preciflon, be fo eafily afcertained. 
(8) Thucydid. Lib. VII. Died. Sic. Lib. V. Phil. Cluver. 
Sicil. Antiqu. Lib. II. p. 444. Lugd. Batavor. 1619. Ridolfin. 
Venut. ubi fup. p. 35, 36. 
(9) Thucyd. Diod. Sic. Cluver. Sc Venut. ubi fup. Scyl. 
Caryand. Peripl. Mar. Mediter. Burchard. Niderft. Malt. Vet. & 
Nov. p. 35. Helmeftadii, 1660. 
( 10) That thefe pieces were not properly Punic, feems farther 
to appear from the types, or fymbols, they exhibit ; which are 
very different from thofe, that generally prefent themfdves to 
our view, on the proper Carthaginian coins. 
(11) Ridolfin. Venut. ubi fup. p. 36. Hh 
