Gold Glass Base of a Beaker the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010

Gold Glass Base of a Beaker
Roman, 3rd century AD

Accession # 28.57.24

Said to have been found in the catacombs of Rome, this gold glass fragment depicts a victorious driver in his quadriga (four-horse chariot). Above is the inscription "Demeter nica" (Demeter win!), and below is the charioteer's name, Transinicus.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.