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NORBANA.--The name of this family is lost, and the surname NORBANUS substituted in its room.  It appears to have been plebeian, but consular.  There are many varieties in the coins, but none of any interest.  although some of the silver we restored by Trajan.  The latter denarii are very rare--the rest common.  It is not ascertained to which C. Norbanus they belong.--The are gold of high rarity inscribed C NORBANUS L. CESTIUS. PR., which come under the Cestia family.--See Cestia.

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Norbana


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NORBANA.--The name of this family is lost, and the surname NORBANUS substituted in its room.  It appears to have been plebeian, but consular.  There are many varieties in the coins, but none of any interest.  although some of the silver we restored by Trajan.  The latter denarii are very rare--the rest common.  It is not ascertained to which C. Norbanus they belong.--The are gold of high rarity inscribed C NORBANUS L. CESTIUS. PR., which come under the Cestia family.--See Cestia.

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