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Ivory carving of Constantine the Great

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The photograph shows a late antique ivory, depicting the Emperor Constantine on horseback. The ivory was in the Barberini collection, Rome.
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Title: Ivory carving of Constantine the Great
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The photograph shows a late antique ivory, depicting the Emperor Constantine on horseback.
The ivory was in the Barberini collection, Rome.

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