Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Empress and a Hook, 400–450

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Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Empress and a Hook, 400–450, Byzantine, Copper alloy, filled with lead, brass hook, 9 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in., lb. ( × × cm, 5664g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Steelyard weights often took the shape of busts of Byzantine empresses. This unusually detailed image may depict an empress of the Theodosian dynasty, which ruled from 379 to 450. The weight—itself about five pounds, or seven Byzantine litrae—would have been used for heavier goods

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Size: 4184px × 4930px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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