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. Sigla visible at left: ισ̅ : Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I is shown with a disproportionately large head. He is bearded and standing on a dais, wearing a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist and is decorated with six dots. He holds a labarum (partially imprinted) in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Remains of a circular inscription visible at right. Border of dots.
..........ποττωκομν.
[Ἀλεξίῳ δεσ]πότ(ῃ) τῷ Κομνην[ῷ].
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. Sigla visible at left: ισ̅ : Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I is shown with a disproportionately large head. He is bearded and standing on a dais, wearing a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist and is decorated with six dots. He holds a labarum (partially imprinted) in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Remains of a circular inscription visible at right. Border of dots.
..........ποττωκομν.
[Ἀλεξίῳ δεσ]πότ(ῃ) τῷ Κομνην[ῷ].
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4343 |
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Diameter | 31.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.20. |
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)