Add to albumThis silver coin was minted in Rome by Lucius Scribonius Libo in 62 BC. It is a type called a denarius, the most common Roman silver coin. This picture shows the reverse of the coin.
The reverse depicts the Puteal Scribonianum, decorated with a garland and two lyres, and identified by the legend 'PUTEAL' above and 'SCRIBON' below. At the base is a hammer, perhaps symbolic of Vulcan, the god of fire.
A puteal was a stone enclosure placed at the mouth of a well. This one was erected in the Forum, at the site where a man called Scribonius, presumably an ancestor of the moneyer, had identified sacred ground struck by lightening.
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- Online ID: 000-190-000-035-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland A.1915.129
- Date: 62 BC
- Material: Silver. Inscription: Obv. Head of Bonus Eventus r.; behind, LIBO downwards; before, BON-EVENT downwards / Rev. Puteal Scribonianum, decorated with garland and two lyres; at base, hammer; above, PUTEAL; below, SCRIBON
Coin, denarius
- Dimensions: 20.00 mm D / Die Axis: 7.5
- What: Coin, denarius
- Subject: Ancient Coin Collection
- Who: Bonus Eventus
- Where: Italy, Rome
- Event:
- Description: Silver denarius of the Roman Republic, Rome, 62 BC
- References:
- Crawford, M.H. Roman Republican Coinage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
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