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a.u.c. 699 (b.c. 55). The day of the month is 1st July
(Quintilis). Length, lT7y in. Momrnsen, No. 722 ; Ritschl,
No. 9, pi. 1, F. Hertz.

No. 4. HERACLEO
MVCI

SP[ectatus] K[alendis] QVIN[tilibus]
CN[eio] POM[peio et] M[arco] CR[asso consu-
libus].

The date of this consulship is the same as that of No. 3 ;
the day of the month also is the same. Length, 1T7^ in.
Mommsen, No. 723; Ritschl, No. 10, pi. 1,g. Hertz.

No. 5. ANTIOCVS
SCRIBONI

SP[ectatus] A[nte] D[iem] V ID[us] |AN[uarias].

The date of this tessera has been assigned by conjecture
to a.u.c. 701 (b.c. 53). Length, If in. The day of the
month is January 9. Mommsen, No. 775 ; Ritschl, No. 23,
pi. 1, k. H.

No. 6. RVFIO

PETILLI

SP[ectatus] ID[ibus] NOV[embribus]
C[aio] IVL[io Oaesare et] M[arco] AEM[ilio Le-
pido consulibus].
The date of the consulship of Julius CaBsar and iEmilius
Lepidus here given is a.u.c. 708 (b.c 46). The day of
the month is November 13. Length, in. Mommsen,
No. 737; Ritschl, No. 27, pi. 1, L. Hiibner (Monats-
bericht, 1867, p. 761) thinks this a modern copy from an
ancient original. Ritschl (Rhein. Mus. xxi. p. 293) says
it is copied from a tessera belonging to M. Charret, in
France. H.

No. 7. DEMETRIVS
FADENI

SP[ectatus] K[alendis] IVN[iis]
L[ucio] LENT[ulo et] M[arco Corvino] MES[sala]
CO[nsulibu]S.

The date of the consulship of L. Lentulus and Corvinus
Messala here given is a.u.c. 751 (b.c 3). The day of
the month is June 1. Length, l j-i in. Mommsen, No.
748; Ritschl, No. 41, pi. 2, s, gives it as doubtful, and
in the Rhein. Mus. xxi. p. 294, says it is a copy from
a true tessera. H.