Cameo of Emperor Galba

Photograph of oval cameo depicting a male figure in profile. The face and hair ribbons are white; the rest of the cameo a varied brownish red. The cameo is set in a decorative gold frame.

Cameo of Emperor Galba Set in Seventeenth-Century Mount

Medium:
Sardonyx; gold mount
Dimensions:
H. 8.8 cm; L. 6.5 cm
Context:
Rome, mounted in Paris
Date:
Roman, 68 CE
Inventory Number:
Camée.251
Lender:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Serge Oboukhoff © BnF-CNRS-Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès