[2] Being one of the copies of the bronze original,[3] the bust has been dated to 50–40 BC and is housed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Antiquities in Turin, Italy.

The portrait's facial features are consistent with those found on coins struck shortly before Caesar's assassination, particularly on the denarii issued by Marcus Mettius.

[2] The portrait also exhibits dolichocephaly,[2] another type of cranial deformity which Caesar "may, or may not, have suffered"[5] from, according to Mary Beard.

These realistic features place the bust in the tradition of verism, as opposed to other surviving portraits which have been identified as Caesar.

There are three known copies of the Tusculum portrait, which reside in Woburn Abbey and in private collections in Florence and Rome.