Johan Frans Podolyn or Johann Franz Podolyn (

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29 May 1739 -

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29 May 1784)"Johan Frans Podolijn", Emil Hildebrand, ''Minnespenningar öfver enskilda svenska män och qvinnor'', Stockholm : Kongl. Witterhets Historie och Antiqvitets Akademiens Förlag, 1860, OCLC 457966652
p. 207
was a

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who published on Punic currency in his possession which had been found on the island of Corvo in the

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. He wrote about the discovery in 1778 in a Swedish academic publication now known as the Publications of the

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, presumably indicating that he was a member of the society. Podolyn was the son of a Swedish merchant and Vice-Consul. He had a gift for languages and worked for the Alströmer family, accompanying them on voyages in addition to working as a bookkeeper in

and

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. He amassed a considerable coin collection.Wilhelm Berg, ''Anteckningar om Göteborgs äldre teatrar'' Volume 1 ''1690 - 1794'', Göteborg Boktryckeri, 1896, OCLC 218053709
p. 123
He was married to Anna Norberg; he had been engaged to marry Jeanette Ölander, but she died before the marriage could take place."Jeanette Ölander", Hildebrand
p. 206

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