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It somehow screamed late 4th century at me, maybe it's the eyes, I don't know.

The two sons was the only hint I needed from there.

 

I have missed this thread before, but I was intrigued by the bust.

 

I'm sorry I missed the answer. Looks like one of the third century of crisis emperors. Two sons? Carus or Decius?

 

Both of those emperors (like most the emperor busts of that century) have a scruffy beard and a worried look with the furrowed brow. And no wonder: Life expectancy for most emperors of the third century was very short.

 

Decius:

 

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Carus:

 

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So who did everyone decide that this bust was?

 

 

 

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It was Aelia Flavia Flaccilla.

 

Anyway, was mine too hard?

 

er .. Lucius Brutus?

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No. Much, much later.

 

Am I in the correct time period? Let me add Gordian I to the list of possibilities.

 

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Looks a little 'Gordian II'-ish to me. (See below for why.)

 

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Yes. Quite close now.

 

I still think it was one of the "third century crisis" emperors.

 

Interestingly, it was only through numismatic evidence that historians were able to determine the images of many otherwise obscure emperors. They were able to match up the images on coins with unidentified busts.

 

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I still think it was one of the "third century crisis" emperors.

 

 

It is, definitely.

 

 

You didn't comment on my initial guesses of Carus or Decius (from post #481).

 

 

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Philip the Arab?

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Thank you

 

From my not that vast store of images:

 

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