Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
Obverse
Christ with a moderately long beard is shown 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 and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist and is decorated with seven pellets. From the bottom hang three tassels. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription, beginning at 7:30. Border of dots.
αλεΞιωδεσποττ.κομν.νω
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότ(ῃ) τ[ῷ] Κομν[η]νῷ.
Obverse
Christ with a moderately long beard is shown 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 and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist and is decorated with seven pellets. From the bottom hang three tassels. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription, beginning at 7:30. Border of dots.
αλεΞιωδεσποττ.κομν.νω
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότ(ῃ) τ[ῷ] Κομν[η]νῷ.
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4337 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.14. |
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)