Smith, Arthur H. [Editor]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

1902. Bust of Antoninus Pius, wearing cuirass and cloak.
The hair and beard are in very small curls.—Towneley
Coll.

Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 1 inch. Restored: nose, left eyebrow
with forehead, and bust. The authenticity of the whole is
doubtful. Mas. Marbles, XL, pi. 26; Mansell, No. 1269 ;
Grceco-Roman Guide, L, No. 90; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 43.

1903. Bust (so-called) of Antoninus Pius. Bust of a bearded
man of middle age, with curling hair and beard. The
pupils of the eyes and eyebrows are strongly marked.
The bust is nude, except for a cloak, with a cinquefoil
brooch on the left shoulder. The circular moulded
pedestal is inscribed L(ucius) AcmUius Fortunatus amico
optimo s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).

The head is, no doubt, of the Antonine period, but it
lacks the broad forehead and deepset eyes of Antoninus,
and the nose is smaller. The name of Aelius Verus has
also been suggested as a possible attribution (Mus. Marbles,
x., pi. 15). The bust and pedestal, although not in one
piece, have been associated together since the discovery,
and they appear to belong together. If so, the terms of
the inscription would not be suitable for an imperial
portrait.—From Roma Vecchia. Towneley Coll.

Italian marble. Height of bust, 1 foot 9 inches; of pedestal, 6£
inches. Restored : small fragments of the drapery. The bust
has been broken and mended, but is in fine condition. Found bv
Gavin Hamilton in 1774 or 1775 at Roma Vecchia (Lansdowne
House Catalogue, p. 72; Journ. of Hellen. Studies, XXI., p. 316).
Owing to an erroneous entry in the Town, inventory, the head
has hitherto been assigned to Genzano. Mus. Marbles, X.,
pi. 15; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 59; GrcBco-Romnn Guide, I.,
No. 91; C.f.L., XIV., 2135.

1904. (Plate XVII.) Bust of Faustina the Elder (?) (105-
141 A.P.), wife of Antoninus Pius. The bust is that of
a woman of middle age, with the head slightly turned to