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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Personifications| ▸ |Success||View Options:   | | | Bonus Eventus (the God of Success) was worshipped by the Romans among the other Dei Consentes, as a diety especially presiding over agriculture. |
Bonus Eventus (Good Outcome) was a divine personification in ancient Roman religion. The Late Republican scholar Varro lists him as one of the twelve deities who presided over agriculture, paired with Lympha, the goddess who influenced the water supply. The original function of Bonus Eventus may have been agricultural, but during the Imperial era, he represents a more general concept of success and was among the numerous abstractions who appeared as icons on Roman coins. -- wikipediaRS94573. Silver denarius, RIC II-3 355, RSC II 1089, BMCRE III 178, Hunter II 49, Strack II 109, SRCV II -, aVF, well centered, flow lines, light marks, die wear edge cracks, weight 2.735 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, Apr - Aug 121 A.D.; obverse IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right; reverse P M TR P COS III, Bonus Eventus standing facing, head left, nude, sacrificing from patera in right hand over lit altar, two stalks of grain in left hand; from the Ray Nouri Collection;
Roman Republic, Lucius Scribonius Libo, 62 B.C.
The ruins of the Puteal Scribonianum were discovered in the Forum in 1950's. The reverse is either a play on Scribonius' name or the origin of his family name and the Scribonianum were related. 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's position. -- Roman Coins and Their Values by David R. 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. CrawfordRR88399. Silver denarius, Crawford 416/1a, Sydenham 928, RSC I Scribonia 8a, BMCRR I Rome 3377, RBW Collection 1500, SRCV I 367, gVF, toned well centered and struck, porous, weight 3.940 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 62 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Bonus Eventus right, BON EVENT downward before, LIBO downward behind; reverse Puteal Scribonianum, ornamented with garland and two lyres, hammer at base, PVTEAL above, SCRIBON in exergue; SOLD
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