Cast Gallery catalogue number: C214

Portrait head of Epikouros, possibly from a herm.

• Plaster cast: Height: 54cm.
• Copy of a marble head.
• The head:
  • is a version of the head of a bronze original of the early 3rd century BC.
  • was found in Rome.
  • was purchased for the British Museum in 1873 from Castellani.
  • is now in London, British Museum, 1843.