Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-back throne. He has a nimbus cruciger. No epigraphy or border visible.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing, wearing a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Remains of a circular inscription at right. No visible border.
..........ποτ.........
[Ἀλεξίῳ δεσ]πότ[ῃ τῷ Κομνηνῷ].
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-back throne. He has a nimbus cruciger. No epigraphy or border visible.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing, wearing a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Remains of a circular inscription at right. No visible border.
..........ποτ.........
[Ἀλεξίῳ δεσ]πότ[ῃ τῷ Κομνηνῷ].
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4345 |
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Diameter | 34.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.22. |
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)