Hellenistic Royal Portraits - Smith, R. R. R. (Assistant Professor in Roman Art, Institute of Fine Art, Assistant Professor in Roman Art, Institute of Fine Art, New York University)

Hellenistic royal portraits survive on coins and in sculpture. Further statues have been discovered in literature and inscriptions of the period. This work collects together the major extant portraits and uses the documentary evidence to evaluate their context, meaning, purpose and broad history.