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LSA-580 Bronze portrait head of Valens (or Valentinian). From Rome. 366-367.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: From the Ponte Sisto. Found together with fragments of togate statues (cf. LSA-1072) in 1878.
Current Location: Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, inv. no. 55052
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Bronze, gilded Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 22.5
Attributes: diadem, pearl-edged Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Valens(?) Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 364 Latest: 367
MAIN REFERENCE
Giuliano, A. (ed.), Museo Nazionale Romano. Le Sculture I,9. Magazzini. I Ritratti. Parte II, Rome 1988, 416-420, no. R319

Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 182-3, pl. 80

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