Antoninus Pius (Facial Reconstruction) (Illustration)

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Illustration

by Daniel Voshart
published on 23 October 2020

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Antoninus Pius (Facial Reconstruction) — A photorealistic reconstruction of what the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 CE) may have looked like. Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence.

Pictured alongside the reconstruction are the busts and statuary used as references. These include two marble portraits from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (left) and two from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (right).

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Original image by Daniel Voshart. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 23 October 2020 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Voshart, D. (2020, October 23). Antoninus Pius (Facial Reconstruction). Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/12996/

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Voshart, Daniel. "Antoninus Pius (Facial Reconstruction)." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 23, 2020. https://www.ancient.eu/image/12996/.

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Voshart, Daniel. "Antoninus Pius (Facial Reconstruction)." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 23 Oct 2020. Web. 04 Dec 2020.

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