CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

The burly older Hercules type, with a full beard and mustache and thick curly locks, was inspired by the Lysippan tradition from the 4th century B.C. For another head of Hercules with a forked beard and wreath of ivy, compare the herm in Liverpool, no. 1194 in J. Boardman, et al., “Herakles,” LIMC, vol. IV.