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ID number: BIRBI-B5544 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Alexios I; Constantinople Denomination: Hyperpyron nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1092-1118 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 4.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 505. Glendining, 11th May 1955. |

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Description: Obverse: Christ nimbate seated on throne without back, with book in l. hand, r. hand raised in benediction. Reverse: Alexios standing full length, wearing diadem with prependoulia and bejewelled loros, holding in l. hand globus cruciger and r. hand sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +K ENO HOЄI (Lord help) IC XC (Jesus Christ). Reverse: Δ/ΛЄ/ΣIω ΔCC/ΠO/TM Tω KO/MM/Nω (Despot Alexios of the Komnenoi).
Bibliography: DOC IV pl. III AV20c.8
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