One of only three surviving Byzantine crowns, it depicts a man and two sisters who jointly ruled the empire in the 11th century.

When Belisarius and the Eunuch Narses conquered Italy for Justinian in 540, they re-established Ravenna as the Western capital of the Byzantine empire. Justinian and Theodora, his empress, ordered ...

One of only three surviving Byzantine crowns, ... Flanking Constantine IX are panels depicting Empress Zoë on his right and Empress Theodora on his left.