Marble portrait head of a bearded man from Athens, AD 400-450. The head is dated to the middle years of the second century AD but was reworked in the first half of the fifth century AD, with the resultant alteration of its portrait features. It is one of the last examples of Athenian sculpture, From just before Athens finally became a Christian city.

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Marble portrait head of a bearded man from Athens, AD 400-450. The head is dated to the middle years of the second century AD but was reworked in the first half of the fifth century AD, with the resultant alteration of its portrait features. It is one of the last examples of Athenian sculpture, From just before Athens finally became a Christian city.

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