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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,

[λεξίῳ δ(εσ)]πότ() τῷ Κομνην().

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,

[λεξίῳ δ(εσ)]πότ() τῷ Κομνην().

Accession number BZS.1958.106.612 (formerly DO 58.106.612)
Diameter 31.0 mm; field: 28.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 6, no. 88.5.

Translation

λεξίῳ δεσπότ τῷ Κομνην.

Alexios Komnenos, despotes.

Commentary

Christ is depicted on this specimen with a small, round face.

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)