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Letter, 'Of a Punic coin from Gozo; of an inedited Punic coin' from John Swinton to Matthew Maty

Reference number: L&P/5/43

Date: 12 November 1768

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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on an inedited coin, adorned with two Punic characters on the reverse. In a letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos archivorum of the University of Oxford, member of the academy degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan academy of Cortona in Tuscany'

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L&P/5/43
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12 November 1768
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Swinton

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Matthew Maty

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John Swinton, Matthew Maty, Letter, 'Of a Punic coin from Gozo; of an inedited Punic coin' from John Swinton to Matthew Maty, 12 November 1768, L&P/5/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_43/letter-of-a-punic-coin-from-gozo-of-an-inedited-punic-coin-from-john-swinton-to-matthew-maty, accessed on 10 July 2025

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