A Byzantine bronze lead-filled steelyard weight of an Empress Circa 5th Century-6th Century A.D. Probably the Empress Aelia Eudocia (421-443 A.D.), also known as Saint Eudocia, wife of Theodosius II (402-450 A.D.), 15cm high Footnotes: Provenance: Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 30 April 1996, lot 67. Property from a Distinguished Family Collection, acquired from the above sale. For a similar steelyard weight of an Empress cf. Byzanz. Das licht aus dem Osten Exhibition catalogue, Diocesan Museum Paderborn, 2001, p.248, no. III.26. A significant number of weights surviving from this period are in the form of an Empress bust, which denoted an imperial guarantee of the fairness of the commercial transaction taking place. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing