The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A unique portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire ... loros over a light-colored sakkos and a diadem crown. The figure holds a cross-bearing scepter.

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine ... coloured sack with a cross-stone crown—and holding a crusading scepter ...