1081 AD -
1118 AD |
Hyperpyron / Υπέρπυρον AV 28 |
SHH 4555 |
Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference |
4.31 g 26.0-29.1
mm 6:00 o'clock EF Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, left hand holding book of Gospels; IC / XC with overbars on either side of nimbus; +KEPO / HΘEI above; double border of dots. Alexius standing facing, wearing crown and chlamis without jewels along the bottom edge, and holding labarum and globus cruciger; Manus Dei in upper right field; on left Α // ΛΕ // ΞΙ // ω // ΔΕC // ΠΟ // Τ, on right Τ // ω // ΚΟ // ΜΝΗ // Ν //ω; double border of dots. Mint of Thessalonica. Scyphate. BMC 1 (Constantinopolis); Dumbarton Oaks IV.1 20h; Ratto 2054/2055; Sear Byzantine 1924 |