1 As of Galba, Emperor of Rome from Tarraco Mint: Tarraco
Ruler: Galba, Emperor of Rome, 3 B.C.–A.D. 69, ruled A.D. 68–69

68

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

bronze

Dimensions

9.6 g, 5:00, 27.1 mm

Credit Line

Gift of Ben Lee Damsky

Accession Number

2018.65.3

Geography

Possibly made in Tarraco

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Laureate head right, globe at point of neck SER GALBA IMP AVGVSTVS

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Triumphal arch at right with frieze of tendrils surmounted by two rearing horsemen raising their right arms; three captives with hands tied behind their backs walk to the right; the one at the right is framed by the arch. A captor at the left walks behind them and raises his right arm holding a rod. QVADRAGE NS REMISSAE; SC in exergue
Provenance
Numismatica Ars Classica, Zurich, March 11, 1993, cat. 6, lot 377; Harlan Berk 80, Chicago, January 1994, lot 501; Ben Lee Damsky, 1994–2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 27
  • Benjamin D. R. Hellings, "Ben Lee Damsky's Collection of Miniature 'Monumenta'," in "Recent Acquisitions," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2018), 78–79, fig. 4
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

as coins, coins, money

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