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a representation? Poulsen sees in the head a man not more than fifty years of age. He and Pfuhl, accordingly, in support of their identification, look upon it as an idealized portrait harking back to the king's youth. [handwritten: marks] The evidence of the coinage does not support this contention. Philadelphus to commemorate 25 the deification of his parents struck coins (277-270 B.C.) showing on the reverse the jugate heads of Ptolemy I Soter and Berenike, but Ptolemy's portrait here is that of an old man. 26 There is a head from Sthera in Pharian marble which Hiller suggested might be Ptolemy I Soter. It is, unfortuately, in very poor condition. The nose, left side of the chin, and a good portion of the hair is not extant. I note, however, the following similarities between the coin portraiture and this marble head: 1. The brow is divided by a parallel wrinkles. 2. The comparative baldness of the head over the brow. 3. The fold of fat over the eye. The ends of the diadem are not mentioned by Hiller in his publication. I assume there is no trace of them. The head, however, belongs probably to the early third century, and 27 Thera is a likely enough place for a portrait of Ptolemy to have been set up at that time. Although there is not sufficient evidence to be at all sure, this head seems to have a better right to be called Ptolemy I than any other piece of
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