Head of a statue of general Miltiades that combines idealistic and realistic features. The upper part of the head is cut diagonally and processed appropriately in order to receive an additional part, possibly wooden, as well as a Corinthian-type helmet. The hair is divided in two braids that start behind the ears, cross the back side of the head and are then tied up over the forehead, although this part is now damaged.

The head comes from a group of statues alongside Athena's head (Ακρ. 2338) which was similarly crafted.

They were both made in the 2nd cent. AD and are Roman replicas of a famous bronze group dedicated at Delphi by the people of Athens in 465-460 BC in memory of their victory against the Persians at Marathon in 490 BC where the general Miltiades played a leading role. That bronze group, with a total of thirteen statues, depicted Miltiades among Athena and Apollo, protectors of Athens and Delphi respectively, as well as the ten Eponymous Heroes of the Attic tribes. The group was an early creation of the sculptor Pheidias, falls into the period of the so-called “Severe Style” and constitutes the earliest example of a portrait of a heroized general.