Autun and Aosta all derive from Augustus. His head was on coins, and everywhere there were statues. But the British Museum's head is a head from no ordinary statue, it takes us into another story ...

Augustus Edwin John was a Welsh artist renowned for his portraits ... His works are part of the collections at the Museum of New Zealand, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the British Museum, the ...

Autun and Aosta all derive from Augustus. His head was on coins, and everywhere there were statues. But the British Museum's head is a head from no ordinary statue, it takes us into another story ...