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PLATE XV.
BUST OF PERSON UNKNOWN.
" An unknown bust of a middle aged man. The hair of the head
and beard is short and curly. The left shoulder is covered with
part of the chlamys which is fastened with a round fibula. The
right shoulder and breast are uncovered. Round the plinth is the
following inscription.
L. AEMILIVS . FORTVNATVS . AMICO . OPTIMO .
S. P. F.
The initials S. P. F. stand for Sua Pecunia Fecit. This bust was
found in the year 1776, near Genzano, amongst the extensive ruins
in the grounds belonging to the Ceesarini family.1"
This bust must from its style and character have been executed
about the time of the Antonines, and probably represents either
the person by whom it was given and at whose cost it was sculp-
tured, or some member of the Imperial family. It cannot be
positively assigned to any individual, but has so much of re-
semblance to yEHus Verus, that it is not impossible that it may be
intended for his portrait.
The head is well executed, and is in good preservation, the nose
having suffered only some slight injury upon the surface; the bust
has been fractured in two or three places, and it may be doubted
whether the pedestal with its dedicatory inscription belonged to
the bust, which is now placed upon it.
Height of bust 1 ft. 8h in. Pedestal 7 in.
1 Combe's MS. notes.
PLATE XV.
BUST OF PERSON UNKNOWN.
" An unknown bust of a middle aged man. The hair of the head
and beard is short and curly. The left shoulder is covered with
part of the chlamys which is fastened with a round fibula. The
right shoulder and breast are uncovered. Round the plinth is the
following inscription.
L. AEMILIVS . FORTVNATVS . AMICO . OPTIMO .
S. P. F.
The initials S. P. F. stand for Sua Pecunia Fecit. This bust was
found in the year 1776, near Genzano, amongst the extensive ruins
in the grounds belonging to the Ceesarini family.1"
This bust must from its style and character have been executed
about the time of the Antonines, and probably represents either
the person by whom it was given and at whose cost it was sculp-
tured, or some member of the Imperial family. It cannot be
positively assigned to any individual, but has so much of re-
semblance to yEHus Verus, that it is not impossible that it may be
intended for his portrait.
The head is well executed, and is in good preservation, the nose
having suffered only some slight injury upon the surface; the bust
has been fractured in two or three places, and it may be doubted
whether the pedestal with its dedicatory inscription belonged to
the bust, which is now placed upon it.
Height of bust 1 ft. 8h in. Pedestal 7 in.
1 Combe's MS. notes.