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281. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Augustus.
On the back is a bust of a Negro, carved in the Renaissance.
Sardonyx.
Rome. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. K-4938.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
282. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Augustus from Cumae.
Marble.
1st century CE.
Inv. No. ГР-4191 (А 399).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
283. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Octavian August as Jupiter.
Marble.
First half of the 1st century CE.
Inv. No. ГР-4191 (А 399).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
284. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Octavian August as Jupiter.
Marble.
First half of the 1st century CE.
Inv. No. ГР-4191 (А 399).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
285. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Octavian August as Jupiter.
Marble.
First half of the 1st century CE.
Inv. No. ГР-4191 (А 399).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
286. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Octavian August as Jupiter.
Marble.
First half of the 1st century CE.
Inv. No. ГР-4191 (А 399).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
287. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Octavian August as Jupiter.
Marble.
First half of the 1st century CE.
Inv. No. ГР-4191 (А 399).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
288. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Octavian August as Jupiter.
Marble.
First half of the 1st century CE.
Inv. No. ГР-4191 (А 399).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
289. GLYPTICS. Rome.
August, Livia and Nero.
Sardonyx.
Rome. 1st century.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12537 / Ж 149.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
290. GLYPTICS. Rome.
August, Livia and Nero.
Sardonyx.
Mid-1st century.
Reworked twice: in the fifties of the 3rd century and during the Renaissance period.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12537 / Ж 149.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
291. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Allegory of Octavian’s victory at Actium.
Portrait of Octavian. Capricorn, kerykeion, shield, dolphin, trident, altar and the hand holding a shipboard decoration.
Insribed: OCT. CAES. AVG. TER. MA. RQ. VOT. PUB.
Sardonyx.
Twenties of the 1st century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12650 / Ж 263.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
292. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Allegory of the victory at Actium.
Sardonyx.
Rome. 1st century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12650 / Ж 263.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
293. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Divine Augustus. The Prima Porta type.
Carrara marble.
37—41 CE (?).
Saintes, Archaeological Museum.
294. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head from statue of August.
Selçuk, Ephesus Museum.
295. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Augustus.
Marble.
Late 1st century BCE — early 1st century CE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
296. SCULPTURE. Rome.
August. The Béziers-Spolète type.
Marble.
End of the 1st century BCE.
Spoleto, Civic Archaeological Museum.
297. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Augustus.
Marble.
27 BCE — 14 CE.
Inv. No. 50698.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
298. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Augustus.
Marble.
14—37 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.
299. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Augustus.
Marble.
14—37 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.
300. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Augustus (close-up).
Marble.
14—37 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.