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Steelyard weight, bust of an empress
Steelyard weight, bust of an empress

Steelyard weight, bust of an empress

Date5th c
Mediumbronze
Dimensions20.3 x 10.2 cm
ClassificationsObject
Credit LineGift of Dr. Lillian Malcove
Object numberM82.395a
DescriptionBronze weight balance w/ a portrait of Byzantine Empress w/ suspension ring to top of head; Bust identified as being Empress Licinia Eudoxia, wife of Valentinian III (425-455). Many steelyard weights took the form of emporers, empresses or deities.
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