The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

A unique portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was discovered at ... The figure holds a cross-bearing scepter. The man's gold-embroidered purple mantle ...

The coins were minted during the reign of Justinian the Great, whose rule saw the Byzantine Empire reach its greatest ... a wreath in her right hand and a cross and globe in her left.