The sculpture portrays the head of a beardless youth with a mane of hair styled in the characteristic anastole manner, with the locks brushed up from the forehead. He is wearing a tubular diadem, while the six holes among the curls above his forehead would have held in place a decorative element of some other material. The head and powerful neck are turned slightly to the left. The face is soft and full; the eyes in their deep sockets appear moist, with the eyeballs, upon which the iris and pupil would have been painted, turned upwards and slightly to the left.

The head is dated circa AD 150. It belongs to the portrait type of Alexander the Great that was widespread in the Roman age, modelled on various types from the time of his reign. Their influence may be traced in later depictions in both West and East to this day.

The head is displayed in the temporary exhibition "For a flame that burns on. Antiquities and Memory, Thessaloniki – Macedonia [1821-2021]" and after its end it will be returned to the permanent exhibition "Thessaloniki, the Metropolis of Macedonia".