Two Byzantine Antiquities, circa 5th/6th Century A.D.

comprising a gilt bronze coin weight engraved on one side with the bust of an empress flanked by crosses and wearing long double-pendant earrings and high diadem, the letters kappa and nu in the field, and a limestone votive plaque finely incised with a cross terminating in dotted circles on the arms, an aediculum above, two oblong recesses on each side, and with remains of red and black pigment.

For a related votive plaque in wood cf. Beyond the Pharaohs, no. 113.