1081 AD - 1118 AD

Alexius I Comnenus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Αλέξιος Α' Κομνηνός  Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Tetarteron / Τεταρτηρόν AR 17
 SHH 3544

3544 Alexius I Constantinopolis Tetarteron AR

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Reference
 3.76 g   15.6-18.3 mm   6:00 o'clock    VF
Facing bust of Christ; wearing nimbus cruciger with five pellets in each arm;
holding Book of Gospels in left arm, right arm raised in benediction;
IC / XC with overbars either side of nimbus; border of dots.
Half figure of Alexius standing facing wearing crown and jewelled chlamys;
holding long cross in right hand; and globud cruciger in left hand;
+ΑΛΕΞΙω ΔΕC / ΠΟΤ Τω ΚOM clockwise around; border of dots.
 Mint of Constantinopolis.
BMC ---; Dumbarton Oaks IV/1 6c; Sear Byzantine 1895