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Contributor: Kenneth Dorney.
Issuer:
Gens SCRIBONIA. Lucius Scribonius Libo, 62 BC. AR Denarius.
Obverse:
Head of Bonus Eventus right, BON. EVENT downwards before, LIBO downwards behind.
Reverse:
Puteal Scribonianum, decorated with a garland and two lyres, at base anvil(?), PVTEAL above, SCRIBON below.
Reference:
Crawford 416/1c. Grade: aF/VG.
Comments:
Bonus Eventus
("Good Outcome") may refer to Cicero's (Rome's) success in the war against Catiline (see Crawford).