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Coronet and earrings, gold. Second half of the 4th BCE. Mounted on a terracotta head, equally of the 4th BCE.
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Coronet and earrings, gold. Second half of the 4th BCE. Mounted on a terracotta...

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-1863), British colonial administrator and diplomat, best known as Governor General of the Province of Canada and Viceroy of India. This is a signed carte-de-visite of Elgin. His father, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (1766-1841), a British nobleman and diplomat, is known for the removal of marble sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens.
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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-1863), British...

Bust of Emperor Commodus (176-192 CE) as Hercules, 191-192. Excavated on the Esquiline in Rome, 1874. MC 1121
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Bust of Emperor Commodus (176-192 CE) as Hercules, 191-192. Excavated on the Es...

"The Capitoline Brutus", a male portrait in bronze; gift from Cardinal Pio de'Capri, 1564. MC 1183
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"The Capitoline Brutus", a male portrait in bronze; gift from Cardinal Pio de'C...

"Togatus Barberini", a man in a toga, exhibiting his rank and membership in a patrician family. The toga was introduced by Caesar Augustus, to be worn in the theatre and upon official occasions. The man holds the portraits of his ancestors - the father in the left, the grandfather in the right hand. The head was added during a seventeenth century restoration. I 56
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"Togatus Barberini", a man in a toga, exhibiting his rank and membership in a p...

Two-headed herm of the god Dyonisos, young and mature. Roman copy of a Greek original 5th BCE. Front side shows young Dionysos. Inv. 614
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Two-headed herm of the god Dyonisos, young and mature. Roman copy of a Greek or...

Two-headed herm of the god Dyonisos, young and mature. Roman copy of a Greek original 5th BCE. Front side shows mature Dionysos. Inv. 614
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Two-headed herm of the god Dyonisos, young and mature. Roman copy of a Greek or...

God Asklepios, god of healing. Marble, Roman copy, second half 2nd century CE, from a Greek original of the 4th BCE. From the Palatine. Inv.1115
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God Asklepios, god of healing. Marble, Roman copy, second half 2nd century CE,...

Caesar Lucius Verus as a child. Luna marble, fromthe Cardo Maxima close to the Porta Laurentina. Inv.47
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Caesar Lucius Verus as a child. Luna marble, fromthe Cardo Maxima close to the...

Lucilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius. From the tetrastyle temple. Luna marble. Inv.27
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Lucilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius. From the tetrastyle temple. Luna marble....

Commodus Caesar as a child,2nd CE. Luna marble, from the Via della Fortuna Annunciata. Inv.79
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Commodus Caesar as a child,2nd CE. Luna marble, from the Via della Fortuna Annu...

Apollo, typo Anzio., 2nd-4th CE. Marble.
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Apollo, typo Anzio., 2nd-4th CE. Marble.