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. No epigraphy visible. 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 his left wrist and is decorated with five dots. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription, beginning at 7:30. Border of dots.
α........ποττωκομν,
Ἀ[λεξίῳ δ(εσ)]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. His feet rest on a dais. He has a nimbus cruciger. No epigraphy visible. 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 his left wrist and is decorated with five dots. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription, beginning at 7:30. Border of dots.
α........ποττωκομν,
Ἀ[λεξίῳ δ(εσ)]πότ(ῃ) τῷ Κομνην(ῷ).
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.612 (formerly DO 58.106.612) |
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Diameter | 31.0 mm; field: 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.5. |
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)
Commentary
Christ is depicted on this specimen with a small, round face.