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Alexios Komnenos (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

St. Michael the Archangel standing, holding a sword and a sheath. Sigla on two sides. Linear border.

Χ              Χ
ΑΡ           ΜΙ

Ἀρχ(άγγελος) Μιχ(αήλ)

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Linear border.

ΚΕ̅
ΟΗΘΕΙ
ΤΣΔΛ
ΑΛΕ
ΙΤ
ΚΟ
  

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀλεξὶῳ τῷ Κομνηνῷ

Obverse

St. Michael the Archangel standing, holding a sword and a sheath. Sigla on two sides. Linear border.

Χ              Χ
ΑΡ           ΜΙ

Ἀρχ(άγγελος) Μιχ(αήλ)

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Linear border.

ΚΕ̅
ΟΗΘΕΙ
ΤΣΔΛ
ΑΛΕ
ΙΤ
ΚΟ
  

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀλεξὶῳ τῷ Κομνηνῷ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.502
Diameter 34.0 mm; field: 26.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀλεξὶῳ τῷ Κομνηνῷ.

Lord, help your servant, Alexios Komnenos.