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LSA-336 Portrait head of young Emperor. From Kastamonu. Fourth century










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Paphlagonia Region: Asia Minor
Details: purchased in Istanbul in 1932
Current Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. No. 67.107
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 26.6
Attributes: diadem, pearl-edged Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constans, Constantius II, Arcadius, or Honorius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 320 Latest: 350
MAIN REFERENCE
Bruns, G. 'Zwei bildnisse eines spätrömisches Kaisers', Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 47, Berlin 1932, 135-8, figs. 1-3, pls. 5-6 (Constantius II)

Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 145-5, pl. 58-9 (Constans?, c. 340)

Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 135-8, no. 81, pl. 73

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