Mithradates In Blackened Bronze

Mithradates posing as Alexander the great, in blackened bronze.

Portrait of the king of Pontus, a marble sculpture of the Roman imperial period, 1^st century.

Mithridates was a prince of Persia, friend and enemy of Rome.

The original has been housed in the Louvre mueum, Paris, since 1860.

50 cm tall.