AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

AN ITALIAN CARVED MARBLE BUST OF THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
After the Antique, late 19th century
Inscribed to the base TRAIANUS 98-117aD
30.12in. (77.7cm) high

Provenance

Formerly from the collection of the late William Henry Haussner and Frances Wilke Haussner.

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Lot Essay

Trajan (AD 98-117) gained a large amount of territory for the empire, mainly in the Rhine, where two successful campaigns were fought againt the Dacians, commemorated in the famous Trajan's Column. He also gained terrority in Arabia Petraea and Armenia.

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