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golden bust of Septimius Severus

Greece

The golden bust of Septimius Severus is the bust of Roman emperor Septimius Severus, dressed in scale armor (Lorica plumata). It was found in 1965 in Greece and it is now kept in the Archaeological Museum of Komotini, in the town of Komotini. It is one of the only two surviving golden busts of a Roman emperor, the other being the golden bust of Marcus Aurelius from Avenches, Switzerland.

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