1081 AD -
1118 AD |
Aspron Trachy / Ασπρον Τραχύ BL 27 |
SHH 2201 |
Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference |
3.79 g 24.8-28.2
mm 6:00 o'clock VF Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels; IC / XC with overbars in left and right field; double border of dots. Facing bust of Alexius wearing crown and jewelled chlamys; holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger; to left +AΛ[ΕΞΙω] to right ΔΕ[CΠΤ]; double border of dots. Mint of Thessalonica. BMC 14/21; Dumbarton Oaks IV.1 25; Καντάς ΝΜΑ ---; Sear Byzantine 1918 |