Byzanz: Alexius I. Comnenus

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Events

Created

When	1081-1087
Where	Constantinople

Commissioned

Who	Alexios I Komnenos (1048-1118)

Owned

Who	Heinrich Wefels (-1931)
When	1910-1931

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Alexios I Komnenos (1048-1118)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Jesus Christ

Relation to places

Eastern Europe

Keywords

Christliche Ikonographie Coin Emperor Gold High Middle Ages Metal Middle Ages Portrait Silver Tetarteron

Description

Front: Büste des Alexius I. Comnenus mit Krone, Gewand (divitision) und Mantel (chlamys) in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand ein Kreuzstab und in seiner l. Hand ein Globus (sphaira) mit Kreuz.
Rear: Büste des bärtigen Christus mit Nimbus im Segensgestus mit Bibel in der l. Hand in der Vorderansicht. Beiderseits IC - XC.

Inscription

Vorderseite: + AΛEXIW ΔEC-ΠOT TW KM (Alexio Despote to Komneno)

Material/Technique

Electrum; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.66 g

Literature

M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 206 Nr. 6 c (Debased Tetarteron Nomisma - First Coinage).