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PLATE XXIII.
BUST OF TIBERIUS.
Bust of the Emperor Tiberius, represented young and beardless,
with short, closely-cut and slightly-curling hair; the neck and
shoulders are bare. The arched eyebrows and compressed lips
express the character of the pourtraits of Tiberius, which may be
recognized on many other busts, statues, and coins still in ex-
istence.
The pourtraits of Tiberius are not at all uncommon yet those
which have been preserved generally represent him at an age
somewhat greater than that of the present bust. Clarac has pub-
lished a considerable number of these from the different European
collections, the nearest of which to the one we are considering
would seem to be a naked bust in Pentelic marble preserved in
the Villa Albani. Clarac has also engraven ten statues of him,
believed to be authentic, in all of which the same marked character
of countenance may be recognized, and the same peculiar short
crisp hair. The coins, too, struck during the reign of Tiberius
afford good pourtraits of him when he was an elderly man. Most
of these are, however, laureate, and in this respect, therefore,
differ from the bust before us. On one of these, a large brass
coin, Tiberius appears as a young unbearded man, with naked
breast and unlaureate head, resembling, in many respects, this
head. On the reverse is a type, which has been generally called
1 Clarac, Ice-nog., Nos. 3254, 3255, 3256, 3257, and No. 3258 (a cameo in the
Bibliotheque Imperiale at Paris).
BUST OF TIBERIUS.
Bust of the Emperor Tiberius, represented young and beardless,
with short, closely-cut and slightly-curling hair; the neck and
shoulders are bare. The arched eyebrows and compressed lips
express the character of the pourtraits of Tiberius, which may be
recognized on many other busts, statues, and coins still in ex-
istence.
The pourtraits of Tiberius are not at all uncommon yet those
which have been preserved generally represent him at an age
somewhat greater than that of the present bust. Clarac has pub-
lished a considerable number of these from the different European
collections, the nearest of which to the one we are considering
would seem to be a naked bust in Pentelic marble preserved in
the Villa Albani. Clarac has also engraven ten statues of him,
believed to be authentic, in all of which the same marked character
of countenance may be recognized, and the same peculiar short
crisp hair. The coins, too, struck during the reign of Tiberius
afford good pourtraits of him when he was an elderly man. Most
of these are, however, laureate, and in this respect, therefore,
differ from the bust before us. On one of these, a large brass
coin, Tiberius appears as a young unbearded man, with naked
breast and unlaureate head, resembling, in many respects, this
head. On the reverse is a type, which has been generally called
1 Clarac, Ice-nog., Nos. 3254, 3255, 3256, 3257, and No. 3258 (a cameo in the
Bibliotheque Imperiale at Paris).