Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-back throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding a book in the left hand. Sigla visible at right: χσ̅ : [Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς] Χ(ριστό)ς. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I is represented with the same heavy features noted on BZS.1955.1.4341. He stands to front on a dais and wears a crown and a loros. He a labarum in the right hand. Remains of a circular inscription visible at left. Border of dots.
αλεΞιωδεσ............
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσ[πότ(ῃ) τ(ῷ) Κομνηνῷ].
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-back throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding a book in the left hand. Sigla visible at right: χσ̅ : [Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς] Χ(ριστό)ς. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I is represented with the same heavy features noted on BZS.1955.1.4341. He stands to front on a dais and wears a crown and a loros. He a labarum in the right hand. Remains of a circular inscription visible at left. Border of dots.
αλεΞιωδεσ............
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσ[πότ(ῃ) τ(ῷ) Κομνηνῷ].
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4344 |
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Diameter | 34.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.21. |
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)