AGR.Roman Emperors and Empresses Augustus, Hadrian, and Constantine were Roman emperors whose names are still familiar today. But what did they look like? How did they wish to be portrayed? For the imperial family, portraits not only represented a record of their physical appearance; they were also a propagandistic tool to highlight family lineage and mythological connections. Explore a selection of portraits of famous emperors and empresses carved in marble and precious stone and struck on gold and silver coins from the 1st to the 4th century CE. /internal/media/dispatcher/1218671/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Aureus with bust of Diva Faustina I, struck under Antoninus Pius about A.D. 150 53.2018 162605 /internal/media/dispatcher/1221010/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Aureus with bust of Licinius I A.D. 321–322 60.3 162535 /internal/media/dispatcher/1216556/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Aureus with bust of Magnia Urbica, struck under Carinus A.D. 285 53.2023 162618 /internal/media/dispatcher/1204397/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Aureus with head of Diocletian about A.D. 299–302 59.494 162619 /internal/media/dispatcher/1000973/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Cameo with Livia holding a bust of Augustus (?) A.D. 14–37 99.109 155690 /internal/media/dispatcher/1011670/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Commodus as the infant Hercules killing the snakes A.D. 183–192 1971.394 151360 /internal/media/dispatcher/1215862/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Denarius with bust of Diva Marciana, struck under Trajan about A.D. 113 34.1412 162604 /internal/media/dispatcher/1028249/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Head of Augustus about 37-54 or 117-130 A.D. 99.344 151325 /internal/media/dispatcher/1675816/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Head of Domitian in the guise of Hercules 81-96 A.D. 1978.227 171516 /internal/media/dispatcher/1663232/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Head of Hadrian about A.D. 130 1975.292 151352 /internal/media/dispatcher/1663239/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Head of Septimius Severus A.D. 196–235 60.928 151363 /internal/media/dispatcher/914137/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Portrait bust of Vespasian, recarved from a bust of Nero A.D. 70–96 98.768 107 /internal/media/dispatcher/785522/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Portrait head of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius about A.D. 170 1971.93 151359 /internal/media/dispatcher/1207460/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Solidus with bust of Constantine I A.D. 330 35.286 162539 /internal/media/dispatcher/1208717/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Solidus with bust of Julian II A.D. 361–363 34.1304 162545