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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B5542 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. C. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Alexios I; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron Nomisma Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1092/3-1118 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 4.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2611, ex. Oman Collection, 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, l. hand holds Gospel. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds labarum-headed sceptre in r. hand, holds globus cruciger in l. hand; Manus Dei in upper r. field. Inscriptions: Obverse: +KЄRO HΘЄI (Lord, aid) IC XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: A / ΛЄ / ΞIW / ΔЄC / ΠΟ / T / TW / KO / MNH / NW (Alexios, despot, of the Komnenoi) Bibliography: DOC IV.1.20c.2
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4 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Alexios I Komnenos Byzantine 118 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Oman, Charles British 12 January 1860 23 June 1946 | |
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