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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4392946, member: 91461"]I thought Gordian III, but it’s THE go to bust from Wikipedia to ancient.eu. I found an interesting note stating it might be Claudius II:</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite2015139-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite2015139-2" rel="nofollow">2]</a> Bust of a Roman Emperor usually thought of as a bust of Claudius II, however there is a possibility that this bust is actually the bust of Aurelian, since the Roman who buried this would have probably buried a statue of Aurelian along with Claudius II and the other busts found in the Brescia temple. Features of the statue do match the face of Aurelian depicted on coins[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4392946, member: 91461"]I thought Gordian III, but it’s THE go to bust from Wikipedia to ancient.eu. I found an interesting note stating it might be Claudius II: [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite2015139-2']2][/URL] Bust of a Roman Emperor usually thought of as a bust of Claudius II, however there is a possibility that this bust is actually the bust of Aurelian, since the Roman who buried this would have probably buried a statue of Aurelian along with Claudius II and the other busts found in the Brescia temple. Features of the statue do match the face of Aurelian depicted on coins[/QUOTE]
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