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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 2090031, member: 70512&quot;]Roman Republic, Lucius. Scribonius Libo, c. 62 B.C</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference.</p><p>Sear 367; Cr. 416/1</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Bonus Eventus right (bankers mark X)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: The Puteal Scribonianum, ornamented with garland between two lyres and hammer.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.82 gr</p><p>[ATTACH=full]391181[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note from FORVM.</p><p>The ruins of the Puteal Scribonianum were discovered in the Forum in 1950&#039;s.</p><p>The reverse is either a play on Scribonius&#039; name or the origin of his family name and the Scribonianum were related.</p><p>Perhaps he was also a music lover explaining the lyres. The same type was also minted with an anvil or tongs in place of the hammer. Sear indicates the tools are symbolic of the moneyer&#039;s position. -- Roman Coins and Their Values by David Sear. Crawford believes the lyres may be purely decorative and the tools, symbols of Vulcan, recall that the Puteal was located on a spot that was struck by lightning. -- Roman Republican Coinage by Michael H. Crawfor[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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