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- ↑ "Nonnus, Dionysiaca 2". translated by W. H. D. Rouse. 1940. Retrieved 31 October 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
- William Metcalf (23 February 2012). The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage. Oxford University Press. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-19-530574-6.
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