Basic info

Collection

Archaeology

Title

Head of Constantine the Great

Object name

Statue

Object category

Roman

Description

Carved in the round. Described in Eboracum as 'Statue, head, male, twice life-size 1 1/2 ft tall in magnesian limestone, the nose damaged. It was found before 1823, in Stonegate. The subject, who is clean-shaven and wears an Imperial oak wreath, has been identified as Constantine I. Weathering suggests that the statue originally stood in the open, perhaps in front of the Headquarters Building of the legionary fortress.'

Production date start

306

Production date end

337

Period

Roman