This head belonged to an honorary portrait statue of Mindia Matidia, or Matidia Minor (A.D. 85-162), half sister of Sabina (Emperor Hadrian's wife) and aunt of Emperor Antoninus Pius. Five other replicas of this portrait type exist, recognized by a statue of Matidia Minor recently discovered in the Roman theatre at the Campanian town of Suessa Aurunca, where she was a major benefactor. As is common with the imperial family, she is shown with an idealized, youthful face and a complex coiffure with a braided hairpiece. Her upward gaze is characteristic of portraits from the Antonine period onward.

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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)