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small bronze coins of Naxos, of the finest die, 
exhibiting the head of the bearded Bacchus in 
front, and a diota on the reverse, with the Medals - 
legend NAZI P.N: we bought ten of these. The 
author had also the good fortune to procure a 
silver medal of the island, of such uncommon 
rarity, that it is believed there is not a dupli- 
cate of it in any collection in Europe. It has on 
the front a bearded head of Bacchus; and for 
reverse, the diota, with the letters N A. It is 
wonderful, considering the wealth and popula- 
tion which the testimony of Herodotus proves 
the Island of Naxos to have possessed, that its 
coins should be so scarce, and generally so 
paltry; while those of its Sicilian colony, so 
much less noticed in history, are by no means 
uncommon ; and for size and workmanship, the 
latter are among the finest examples of art 
extant. 
Visiting, as usual, the working silversmiths/ Gems, 
we found among them several gems. The first 
was a carnelian with the figure of a goat, a 
symbol of Bacchus : the second, which we could 
not obtain, represented a whole-length figure 
of the God, reeling, decorated with vine-leaves 
and grapes, and followed by a dog ; he held a 
thyrsus in one hand, and a diota in the other 
