South - Italian Hellenistic bronze head 3/4 century BC
dimensions of the head: 3 cm by 3.5 cm. The head is mounted on a plexiglass base.

Hellenistic kingship remained the dominant political form in the Greek East for nearly three centuries after the death of Alexander the Great. Royal families lived in beautiful palaces with elaborate banquet halls and Mediterranean gardens. Hellenistic kings were patrons of the art of public buildings and architecture