Arthur Keaveney, Lucullus: A Life (Routledge, 1992), p. 182 online. Keaveney argues that Minucius assumed his post in Asia in 79 (pp. 182–187).
Philip de Souza, Piracy in the Graeco-Roman World (Cambridge University Press, 2002), p. 123 online.
Harold B. Mattingly, "C. Verres and the Pirates," in From Coins to History: Selected Numismatic Studies (University of Michigan Press, 2004). p. 180, note 10 online.