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LSA-1062 Portrait head for insertion of Constantine. From Carthage. Early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Carthago Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Current Location: Tunis, Bardo Museum, inv. no. C 77
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: n/a Hairstyle: Brushed forward Height(cm): 40
Attributes: Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantine I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 311 Latest: 340
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Orange, H. P., Das spätantike Herrscherbild von Diokletian bis zu den Konstantin-Söhnen, 284-361 n. Chr. Das Römische Herrscherbild. III. Abteilung ; Bd. 4 , Berlin 1984, 127, pl. 39c-d (young Constantine)

Calza, R., Iconografia Romana Imperiale. Da Carausio a Giuliano (287-363 d. C.), Rome 1972, 225-6, no. 138, pl. 77, 269-70 (Constantine)

Fittschen, K. and P. Zanker, Katalog der Porträts in den Capitolischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, Band I, Mainz 1985, at 150, no. A 4 (Zanker: essential example of main type)

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