Togaed statue with “bulla aurea” from the Roman theatre of Tarragona. It is of a young prince wearing the toga praetexta and the “bulla aurea” on his chest. It was part of a series of effigies of members of the Julian-Claudian imperial family that stood on the “scaenae frons”. It may be either of Britannicus or the future emperor Nero.
Inventory number: MNAT 45599
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