Portrait head of a «kosmetes»
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Chronology: 260-270 AD. EAM 400
The portrait depicts a mature bearded man. The short hair, combed to the front, and the short beard are rendered in shallow relief; both are worked with a fine point. The head evokes spirituality, following the contemporary trend of the portraits of the neoplatonic philosophers of the Gallienus’ period.