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A cameo in Vienna has the authority of Delbruck. There is no sculpture in the [handwritten: round] realm that has come to my attention.[handwritten: 1]
Ptolemy I. It has the authority of Delbruck. There is no diadem, however, the hair is very thick over the brow and the nose seems somewhat long. If it is a royal portrait it might be Philadelphus. [handwritten: SELEUKOS] [handwritten: lavillas?]
- - There is a bronze bust from Herculaneum at Naples (Fig. [handwritten: a]) which is a fine Roman copy of the late fourth or early third century B.C. original. It has been identified as a portrait of Seleukos I Nicator, and this identification has the authority of my friend, Mr. Wace, of Wolters and of Pfuhl, and is generally accepted.
It is a masterful portrait of a man of forceful personality, great dignity, and keen intelligence. At a glance one suspects a royal portrait of one of the great successors of Alexander. Wolters, however, who examined the bust very carefully some 60 years ago, writes that when he saw it, there was no trace of the loose ends of Tanie to show that it is a diadem. [handwritten: the Calme] [handwritten: lack] [handwritten: shall] Inasmuch as we lack this supporting evidence we should have to have a close correspondence to Seleukos's [handwritten: eu] portrait as it appears on the coinage to justify its identification. It is the coined portraiture again, as in the case of Ptolemy I, that can provide the only sound basis of comparison.
After Seleukos defeated and slew Antigonus at Ipsus in 301, a brief coinage was issued in one of two mints to commemorate the event. This coinage bears on the obverse a [handwritten: Seleukos] [handwritten: Seleukos] … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain