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Weight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress
5th century
- Date
- 5th century
- Culture or place
- Byzantine
- Medium
- Copper alloy, filled with metal
- Size
- 5 1/2 × 2 11/16 × 1 3/4 in., 3.5 lb. (13.9 × 6.9 × 4.5 cm, 1574g)
- Type
- Metalwork-Copper alloy
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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