Balance Weight formed as the Bust of an Empress
https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.28
Among the most striking Byzantine weights to have survived are the imperial weights issued in the late 4th and 5th centuries. Typically they depict the same royal figures seen on coins to promote the legitimacy and stability of the state and to guarantee their validity as "hon...
Artifact
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1967.28
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Terms
Culture
Roman, Augustan period
Technique
bronze
Medium
bronze
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Relations
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