Byzantine - Bust of an Empress - Walters 542294 - Three Quarter Right

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Byzantine - Bust of an Empress - Walters 542294 - Three Quarter Right

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Steelyard weights shaped like the bust of an empress were common in the early Byzantine period.

Romei means "man from Rome", identifying people who once lived in Rome and now living elsewhere - Eastern Roman Empire with its capital in Constantinople..

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walters art museum
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2016
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