marble terminal bust the athenian orators aeschines and demosthenes british museum london

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Marble terminal bust of the Athenian orators Aeschines and Demosthenes at the British Museum London

Marble terminal bust of the Athenian orators Aeschines and Demosthenes at the British Museum London England. His name is inscribed in Greek alphabetic characters on the plinth. A Roman copy of a Hellenistic portrait.