The weight is cast in the form of the bust of an empress, who is portrayed frontally, holding a furled scroll in her left hand and raising her right hand from beneath her mantle to gesture as she speaks
Weight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress, Byzantine
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Empress Irene, Byzantine mosaic, South Gallery, Hagia Sophia, Aya
Art inspired by Steelyard Weight with the Bust of Athena, 350–500, Byzantine, Copper alloy, filled with lead, 8 × 3 15/16 × 3 1/8 in., 9.6 lb. (20.3 × 10 × 7.9
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Steelyard weight in the form of the emperor Constantine I (y1955-3257)
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