This is a fragmentary bronze portrait of the Emperor Caracalla; it is from Roman origin (Severan) created circa 212-217 AD. The portrait depicts Caracalla as a grown man, when he was sole emperor. He succeeded his father, Septimius Severus, who died at York in A.D. 211 during campaigns in northern Britain. Caracalla only reigned for six years before his own death near Carrhae in northern Mesopotamia while campaigning against the Parthians.

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