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- 1 2 PIR, I. 45.
- ↑ Chase, pp. 120, 121.
- ↑ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 252.
- ↑ CIL X, 3778.
- ↑ CIL X, 4186.
- ↑ Solin, "Nuove iszrizioni di Capua", iii. 5.
- 1 2 3 4 CIL IX, 755.
- ↑ CIL VI, 19740.
- ↑ CIL XI, 5757.
- ↑ CIL X, 4185.
- ↑ CIL VI, 35502.
- ↑ CAG, 31–2, p. 378; 32, p. 223; 89–2, pp. 676, 704
- ↑ CIL XIII, 10010,1058, CIL III, 12014,310.