Hellenistic Portraits, McFadden 1951George H. McFadden

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as we cannot see it in true profile. Poulsen in his discussion of the Copenhagen head, finds the likeness between it and the coins not so satisfactory as that between the coins and another 14 15 [handwritten: and] head in the Louvre, (Fig. 4) assigned by him, Wolters' [handwritten: by my friend] Mr. Wace, with some reservation, also to Ptolemy I. 16 There is no diadem, a circumstance which again widens the field of speculation. The arrangement of the hair is quite unlike that on any of the coins. The fold of fat ix over the eye is lacking. The nose is straight, but the tip which is always the most distinguishing part of the nose is restored. [handwritten: Mrs. Bieber I do not remember having said this.] Mrs. Bieber tells me that the ears have also been restored and the front of the taenia. The chin is much like that of the coin. In view of the differences, however, and the absence of the diadem ends, Dickens appears to have been justified in rejecting the identification. 17 There is in the Pelizaeus-Museum a plaster [handwritten: ed] Hildersheim, a plaque from Memphis bearing a diadem / full face portrait of a 18 king. It is in high relief. The face has a few minor blemishes and there is a rather large air pocket on the tip of the nose. Otherwise it is in excellent condition. Worthy of particular attention are the following:

1. The diadem and the way it lies over the incipient baldness of the brow. This can be parallel only on coins of Ptolemy I Soter. 2. The treatment of the hair is like that of the coinage.