Art Institute of Chicago
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Galba
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- Date
- 68 (July)-69 (January)
- Medium
- Gold
- Culture
- Rome
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 5614
The front of this coin portrays the Emperor Galba, facing right. On the back an as yet untranslated inscription is encircled by an oak wreath.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
- Provenance
- Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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