A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF JULIUS CAESAR, AUGUSTAN PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF JULIUS CAESAR
AUGUSTAN PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
15 in. (38.3 cm.) high

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Pre-Lot Text
In his Pontic triumph he displayed among the show-pieces of the procession an inscription of but three words, 'I came, I saw, I conquered,' not indicating the events of the war, as the others did, but the speed with which it was finished
"The Life of Julius Caesar" in Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars, vol 37.