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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2281386, member: 72818&quot;]This Roman Republic Denarius caught my eye primarily due to the differing devices otherwise missing from my current collection. It was struck in 62 BC during the rise of the the First Triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey and Crassus. The moneyer, L Scribonius Libo (consul in 34 BC), celebrates his ancestors who apparently dedicated or restored the original well in either 204 BC or 149 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Scribonean &#039;Puteal&#039; was a &#039;classical&#039; well-head , round or square, placed on the well for safety. Since it was also believed lightning struck this particular spot, it&#039;s suspected that the tongs/hammer below the wreaths on the coin may be those of Vulcan, emblematic of him as a forger of lightning.</p><p><br /></p><p>RR Denarius of L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC, 3.08 grams</p><p>Head of Bonus Eventus</p><p>Scribonian Well, Hammer below</p><p>Scribonia, 8a; Cr 416/1a</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]455957[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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