<p>The placard at the Victoria and Albert Museum reads:
</p><p><b>Italy</b>
About 4-37<b></b>
Salting Bequest
Museum no. A.584-1910
<i>Bronze, eyes inlaid with silver</i>
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This is probably a portrait of Emperor Tiberius. However, it is a variant on the imperial image devised for his predecessor, Augustus, who had understood the propaganda power of images. By evoking the image of Augustus in their own portraits, subsequent emperors laid claim to the moral and political values of his rule.
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