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ufeful literature. You will therefore indulge me the 
liberty of addrefiing this paper to you, in order to 
have it prefer. ted to that very learned and illuftrious 
body j and believe me to be, with great truth, and 
the moft perfect efteem. 
Good Sir, 
Your much obliged, 
and very faithful, 
humble fervant. 
Chrift-Church, Oxon. 
Nov. 27, 1769. 
John Swinton, 
difeovering the place where they were {truck. by the draughts of 
them given us by * Laftanofa, Paruta, and Sig. Abate Venuti, 
in which the fecond and third characters are manifeftly one and 
the fame letter. But having received from the late Mr. Carmey, 
about twelve or fourteen years fince, the two Phoenician medals 
of Gozo by me formerly explained, and publifhed by the Royal f 
Society ; 1 prefently difeovered the fecond letter on the reverfe 
of the firft to be Lamed , and the third Nun. This induced me 
to attribute the piece to the city, and ifle, of Gozo j and having 
communicated my notion to three learned antiquaries, my par- 
ticular friends, one of whom is ftill living, very foon after the 
coin fell into my hands, they immediately declared themfelves of 
the fame opinion. 
* V^enut. La/ano/a, Parut. ubi /up. 
t Pbilo/opb. Tran/act, ubi /up. p. 235, 24^. x 
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