Description Steelyard weights shaped like the bust of an empress were common in the early Byzantine period.
Exhibitions Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2001-2002. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2002-2005.
Provenance Piero Tozzi, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1945, by purchase.
