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LSA-298 Portrait head of Tetrarch (Diocletian?) with corona civica. From Nicomedia. Late third to early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Nicomedia Province: Bithynia Region: Asia Minor
Details: Found on the western side of the city,
Current Location: Istanbul Archaeological Museum, inv. 4864
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 35.5
Attributes: corona civica Beard: Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand: Tetrarch Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 284 Latest: 312
MAIN REFERENCE
Bittel, K. ‘Archäologische Funde aus der Türkei: 1934-38’ , Archäologischer Anzeiger, Berlin 1939, 156-171, figs. 36-39 (context and identification as Diocletian)

Dörner, F.K. ‘Ein neuer Porträtkopf des Kaisers Diokletian’, Die Antike 17, Berlin 1941, 139-46, figs. 2, 4,6, 7

Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, 85, no. 61, pl. 39.3-4

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