Portrait of Julius Caesar
Marble.
Ca. 50 CE.
Height 39.37 cm.
Inv. No. 1870,0320.201.London, British Museum

Portrait of Julius Caesar.

Marble.
Ca. 50 CE.
Height 39.37 cm.
Inv. No. 1870,0320.201.

London, British Museum.

Origin:
The head was found, along with other pieces of sculpture, including a head of Claudius, on the floor of the cella (main cult room) of the Temple of Athena Polias, during excavations in 1868/9 in Priene (modern Turkey). Donated by Society of Dilettanti Charitable Trust, 1870.
Credits:
(cc) 2019. Photo, text: The British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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