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Scribonia 8. Prototype: 20mm, 6:00. 3.81 grams.
18 mm. 6:00. 2.88 grams.
Head of Bonus Eventus right, BON EVENT downwards before, LIBO downwards behind neck.
Puteal Scribonianum (a waterwell head) decorated with garland and two lyres.
He was married three times; to Claudia, to Scribonia, and to Livia; but he was unhappy in his matrimonial connections, and his only daughter, Julia, by Scribonia, disgraced herself and her father by the debauchery and licentiousness of her manners.
Notes from Seaby RSC: Bonus Eventus was the god of "Good Fortune" and the divinity who favored agriculture. The reverse shows the Puteal Scribonianum which was erected in the Forum near the arch of Fabius.
RR230. L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC, AR Denarius (3.6g). Bonus Eventus head rt./Well head ornamented with 2 lyres, hammer and festoons, RSC Scribonia 8a; Craw. 416/1a. Near centered, light grey tone, attractive example, Very Fine....$165 Photo ...
A well-head, or a low curb built to surround a well or a spot which had been struck by lightning which was, in consequence, sacred. Some Republican coins show the 'Puteal Scribonianum', a particularly elegant puteal in the Roman Forum.
 See also: Silver, Denarius, Legend, Republican, Coin
  
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