Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 307
The bust, of variegated marble, is not antique. Aswith No. 324, some doubt attaches to the identificationof this head. •264 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 326. Sallust. Portrait on a Roman bronzecentury after Christ. contomiate of the fourth or fifthIn the British Museum. … The portrait is probably not entirely imaginary,.but theworkmanship is very rough. All the specimens make thesame mistake in spelling the name SALVSTIVS AVTOR.The palm-branch on the right is incised, the rest beingin relief. Contorniates are so called because of their edgewhich is turned up. They…
Classical antiquities
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