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 cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of one pellet. Sigla at left and right: ισ̅χσ̅ : Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing on a dais, wearing a crown (with a cross?) and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum in the right and an uncommonly large globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription along the circumference beginning in the lower left. Border of dots.
αλεξιωδεσποτ,τωκο.....
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότ(ῃ) τῷ Κο[μνηνῷ]
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 cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of one pellet. Sigla at left and right: ισ̅χσ̅ : Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing on a dais, wearing a crown (with a cross?) and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum in the right and an uncommonly large globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription along the circumference beginning in the lower left. Border of dots.
αλεξιωδεσποτ,τωκο.....
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότ(ῃ) τῷ Κο[μνηνῷ]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1685 |
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Diameter | 32.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.25. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
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)