Porträtkopf: Kolossales Porträt: Kaiser Licinius
Römisch, Spätantik, 300-325 n. Chr.
Kolossales Porträt: Kaiser Licinius
With the help of portraits on coins and silver vessels this colossal head of a bearded elderly man – originally intended to be inserted into a statue or bust – was identified as a likeness of Emperor Licinus I, who ruled the eastern part of the Empire; an adversary of Constantine the Great, he was murdered in AD 323.
The portrait shows him sporting a cropped beard of the type favoured by soldiers, with large protruding eyes and a grimacing mouth; it was presumably originally inserted into a cuirassed statue originally around five metres tall.
Object data
Object Name
Porträtkopf
Culture
Römisch
Period
Spätantik
Dated
300-325 n. Chr.
Site
Ephesos , Theater , Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei
Material
Marmor
Dimensions
L/H 86 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung
Inv. No.
Antikensammlung, I 932
Provenance
Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1914 nachträglich inventarisiert
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