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Obverse Inscription: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS PERP AVG
Reverse Inscription: GLORIA REIPVBLICAE VOT XX MVLT XXX

Obverse Inscription: CONSTANTINOPOLI

Obverse Inscription: VRBS ROMA

Obverse Inscription: +IhSXPSREXREGNANTIYM
Reverse Inscription: COnSTAnT'CEROMAn'AVGGbR

Obv.: Justin, on l. and Sophia on r., seated, nimbate, on double lyre-backed throne. He holds in r. hand, gl. cr., she holds cruciform scepter.
Rev.: M. Above, cross.

Obv.: Bust facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet, holding in r. hand gl. cr., in l., akakia.

Rev.: Bust of Constantine facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet, holding in r. hand gl. cr., in…

Obv.: To l., Phocas standing, crowned; in r. hand, gl. cr. To l., Leontia standing, crowned, holding cruciform scepter transversely in r. hand. Between heads, cross.
Rev.: m. Above, cross.

Obverse: Bust of emperor r., draped, cuirassed, with pearl diadem.
Reverse: Emperor standing facing holding standard and globe. SMHA in exergue.

This fifth- to seventh-century steelyard weight in the shape of an empress represents the most common type of weight used with early Byzantine steelyard scales (1). Earlier scholarship proposed that each weight represented a specific Byzantine…