An Italian marble bust of Septimus Severus, late 18th/early 19th century, after the Antique, 45cm highNote: Septimius Severus (reign 193-211) was forty-eight or forty-nine years old when he became emperor and was described as “physically small but strong” with a long beard and curly white hair (Scriptores Historiae Augustae Severus, 76.16.I).Please refer to department for condition report