page_title: Head of Constantine the Great, York
section_title: Public display
hierarchical_section_title: Head of Constantine the Great, York / Public display
caption_attribution_description: Emperor Constantius Chlorus died in York in AD 306. His son Constantine was proclaimed Augustus by the Army in Eboracum. A marble statue of Constantine was probably erected in the principia to celebrate his link with the city.
context_page_description: The Head of Constantine the Great, York is the only surviving fragment of larger, marble statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. It was found in Stonegate, York, before 1823, and is now in the Yorkshire Museum.
context_section_description: The statue has formed part of the displays of the Yorkshire Museum since its opening in 1830.
  The 2006 exhibition Constantine the Great: York's Roman Emperor, which featured the head as its central piece, was described as "the most important archaeological-historical loan exhibition to have been held in a provincial British museum". The curator Elizabeth Hartley was "the driving force" behind the exhibition, which attracted over 58,000 visitors.
  In 2010 the Yorkshire Museum reopened after a twelve-month closure for redevelopment. The new exhibition, "Roman York - Meet the People of the Empire" features the head as a central piece of the display.
  In 2013 the head was loaned to exhibitions in Milan and the Colosseum to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, returning to York in September of that year.
  From July to October 2016, the bust was featured in an exhibition about Constantine's father Constantius I titled "Constantius: York's Forgotten Emperor", which centred on the Wold Newton Hoard.
caption: The head of Constantine on display in the Yorkshire Museum in 2012
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