Bust of Septimius Severus
Gold. Late 1st — early 2nd century CE.
H. 37 cm, weight 950 gr.
Komotini, Archaeological Museum

Bust of Septimius Severus.

Gold. Late 1st — early 2nd century CE.
H. 37 cm, weight 950 gr.

Komotini, Archaeological Museum
(Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κομοτηνής).

Origin:
Found on the hill of St. Petra near Plotinoupolis, 1965.
Literature:
G. Daux, BCH 89, 1965, 683
A. Vavritsas, AAA 1, 1968, 194 ff. mit Farbtaf.
A. M. McCann, The Portraits of Septimius Severus, MemAmAc XXX (1968) 143 Nr. 29 Taf. 40
C. C. Vermeule, Roman Imperial Art in Greece and Asia Minor (1968) 273 mit Anm. 1
C. C. Vermeule, AJA 73, 1969, 393
D. Soechting, Die Porträts des Septimius Severus (1972) 132 f. Nr. 5
W. Hornbostel, JdI 87, 1972, 350 Anm. 14
W. Trillmich, Gnomon 46, 1974, 288
C. Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in Gold and Silver (1974) 37 Nr. 206
M. Wegner, Boreas 2, 1979, 150
H. Philippi, AM 94, 1979, 140 Anm. 30
H. Jucker, ProAventico 26, 1981, 10 Anm. 37 Abb. 14
L. A. Riccardi, Military standards, imagines, and the gold and silver imperial portraits from Aventicum, Plotinoupolis, and the Marengo treasure, AntK 45, 2002, 87–91 Pl. 20,3
Credits:
2017. Source of photo: Gareth Harney.
© 2017. Add. information, bibliography: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/8460.
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines αυτοκρατορικό imperial imperiale kaiserliches impérial ρωμαίος αυτοκράτορας σεπτίμιος σεβήρος imperator septimius severus emperor imperatore settimio severo kaiser empereur septime sévère απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt προτομή bust busto büste buste δυναστεία των σεβήρων domus severana severan dynasty dinastia dei severi severer sévères gold golden male of the man beard armour armor armatura gorgoneion gorgonion head gorgon gorgons medusa from komotini