Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-back throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. His feet rest on a dais. He has a nimbus. No epigraphy or border visible.
Reverse
A crude depiction of the emperor (Alexios I?). He is shown with a heavy face standing on a dais, wearing a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist and is decorated with four pellets. He a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Remains of a circular inscription visible at upper right. Border of dots.
α . . . οτ . . .
Ἀ[λεξίῳ δεσπ]ότ(ῃ) [τ(ῷ) Κομνηνῷ].
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-back throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. His feet rest on a dais. He has a nimbus. No epigraphy or border visible.
Reverse
A crude depiction of the emperor (Alexios I?). He is shown with a heavy face standing on a dais, wearing a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist and is decorated with four pellets. He a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Remains of a circular inscription visible at upper right. Border of dots.
α . . . οτ . . .
Ἀ[λεξίῳ δεσπ]ότ(ῃ) [τ(ῷ) Κομνηνῷ].
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.347 (formerly DO 47.2.347) |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.38. |
Translation
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότῃ τῷ Κομνηνῷ.
Alexios Komnenos, despotes.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 6, Emperors, Patriarchs of Constantinople, Addenda (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
On the reverse one seems to see at 7:30 a circular inscription beginning with the letter A.