Golden bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from Avenches, western Switzerland, is going on display at the Getty. It is the largest known bust of an emperor made of a precious metal and one of only a handful of gold busts to escape being melted down.
Bust was found in a sewer crossing underneath main courtyard of temple complex in 1939 in an excavation of a temple at Avenches’ ancient predecessor, Aventicum.
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