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LSA-884 Portrait head of Maxentius (?). Ostia. Later third century to early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Ostia Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: near Porta Marina
Current Location: Ostia, Antiquarium, inv. no. 70
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 43
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Maxentius Position: Imperial Family Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 270 Latest: 313
MAIN REFERENCE
Donati, A. and G. Gentili, Costantino il Grande. La civiltà antica al bivio tra Occidente e Oriente, Milan 2005, 207-208, no. 5 (I. Romeo: Maxentius)

Blanck, H., Wiederverwendung alter Statuen als Ehrendenkmäler bei Griechen und Römern, Rome 1969, 54, no. A 31, pls. 22-3.

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