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itHis very day. As for the Greeks, nothing is more 
common than ligatures, or monograms, on their coins; 
fome of which F. froelich has (2 2) illuftrated, and 
explained. I fay, “ fome of which F. Froelich has 
6C illultrated, and expl lined, ” as many of them have 
been intirely unnoticed by him. That the Palmy- 
renes alfo had feveral fuch ligatures, or complex cha- 
racters, I have many years fiace inconteftably (23) 
proved. But for farther fatisfa&ion on this head, 
recourfe may be had to the paper here referred to. 
IX. 
With refpeCt to the romans, nothing is more 
-certain than that combinations of two, three, and 
even four elements, formed into one character, not 
feldom occur on their coins. More extenfive or 
complex ligatures than the monograms of four letters 
on their antient medals very rarely appear. I have, 
however, an inedited femijjis of the pompeian fa- 
mily, with the head of saturn, and behind it 
the letter s, the mark of the femiffis, on one fide; 
and the prow of a fhip, over which a monogram 
compofed of the five letters,^, p, o, m, p, pre- 
fents itfelf to our view. Dr. vaillant (24) attri- 
butes two fimilar femifles, with a monogram, or conca- 
tenation of the five letters l, p, o, m, p, upon the re- 
( 22 ) Erafm. Froel. Annal, Compend. Reg. et Rer. Syr. 
Tab. XX. p. 158. Viennae, 1754. 
(23) Pbilofoph. Tranfafl. Vol. XLVIII. Par. II. p. 693. 
Bond. 1755. _ . , 
(24) Jo. Vaill, in num, Fam . Pompei. p. 275, 270* Am- 
ftelodami, 1703. 
verfe. 
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