Marble head of Augustus? unearthed in Italy

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Either Augustus or Dennis the Menace.
J.t.

 

Very interesting.

 

Too many pop ups.

 

Very cool, but a wee bit eerie with a head popping out of the soil.

 

Awesome @jamesicus , what a beautiful head !

 

It looks like a rather low quality carving, probably a mass produced one that was put out throughout the empire

 

Now I wonder what is the going price of a marble head of AVGVSTVS.....

 

I’d imagine $20-100k depending on quality and style

 

Thanks for sharing such a cool story!
It's wonderful to see that wonderous discoveries are being made two thousand years later.
Thoooough, I've got Augies pickled head from ancient Alexandria Ryght here: