Gilded bronze portrait head of Constantine I. Naissus (Dacia Mediterranea). 325-330
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Naissus
Province:
Dacia Mediterranea
Region:
North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details:
Found 1900 during construction work for a bridge in Niš
Current Location:
Belgrad, National Museum, inv. no. 79-IV
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Bronze, gilded
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Short
Height(cm):
36
Attributes:
diadem, jewelled
Beard:
Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constatine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
324
Latest:
330
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, 120, pl. 48a-b.
Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 119-21, pls. 35-6
