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LSA-373 Portrait head in the Vienna-Izmir type, probably Licinius. From Asia Minor. Early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Unknown Region: Asia Minor
Details: Purchased near Istanbul
Current Location: Rijksmuseum, Leiden, inv. I 1961/3
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: n/a Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 28
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Licinius (?) Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest: 325
MAIN REFERENCE
Salomonson, J.W. 'Ein Porträtkopf der Tetrarchenzeit in Leiden', Bulletin antieke beschaving 39, Leiden 1964, 180-184, figs. 1-4

Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 312-13, no. 309, pl. 219

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