Scribonia, a plebeian moneyer ; surname Libo. -- Six varieties of coins, some of which, in silver were restored by Trajan. -- The brass pieces belonging to this moneyer are Asses, or parts of the As. -- The only medal of historical interest is a denarius, on the obverse of which we read PAVLLVS LEPIDVS CONCORD., with the veiled head of Concordia ; on others appears a woman' s head. encircled with a fascia, and the epigraph LIBO. BON. EVENT. ; on the reverse of both is PUTEAL SCRIBON., and a structure to which are attached two lyres and a garland of flowers. The Puteal of Libo, a celebrated place in Rome, was the round parapet of a wall with a cover to it, which Scribonius Libo had caused to be raised, by order of the senate, over a place where thunder had fallen, in the field of the Comitia, and near the statues of Marsyas and Janus. It contained within its enclosure an altar and a chapel. It seems, moreover, that it was a kind of tribunal or seat of justice, like our Court of Common Pleas. -- On some medals, with the same type of puteal, the inscription is PUTEAL LIBOnis. -- See the word Puteal. The Bonus Eventus, which occurs on one of the above denarii, has reference to the custom of the Romans in holding sacred whatever was capable of bringing good or evil, as fortune, hope, genius, etc. So also Eventus, according to the list enumerated by Lucretius in his "Eventa," brought slavery, liberty, riches, poverty, war, and concord. But Cicero's definition of Eventus is alicujus exitus negotii, in quo quæri solet, quid ex quaque re evenerit, eveniat, eventurumque sit. Therefore, if anything happened well, it was received as the gift of Bonus Eventus. That this was esteemed to be a Genius of the same nature as Felicitas is shown by a denarius which Morell gives. View whole page from the |Dictionary Of Roman Coins| |