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by a curious paffage in (17) Strabo; that the two 
writers who have handled this matter in the moft: co- 
pious, and learned, manner are Sig. ( 1 8) Bianconi 
and (19) M. Pellerin ; that the medals I have been 
considering have notified to us the civil office, or 
dignity, of Ni. Luvius, or Lufius, as fomc other 
fimilar Samnite denarii have done the military 
poft of (20) Papius Mutilus ; and that the name of 
the Lufian family has never yet appeared, as I ap- 
prehend, on any other ancient coins. I Shall only 
beg leave to add, that I remain, with all poffible 
confideration and efteem, 
S I R, 
Your moft obliged, 
and moft obedient, 
humble fervant, 
Chrift-Church, Oxon. . . 
June 18, 1772. John Swinton. 
(17) Strab. Geogr. Lib. v. p. 250. Lutetiae Parifiorum, 1620. 
(18) Joan. Bapt. Biancon, de Prifc. Hebraor. et Gracor. Lit. 
Libel, p. 73. Bononiae, 1748. 
(19) Supplem. aux Recueils des Medaill. p. 11, 12. A Paris, 
1 7 65* 
(20) Philofoph. Tranfaft. Vol. LI. Par. II. p.857. Vol. LTI. 
Par. I. p. 28—39. & Vol. LIX. p. 432 — 444. Lond. 1769. 
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