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Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor April 4, 1081, to August 15, 1118">

Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor April 4, 1081, to August 15, 1118

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SB1904vAlexius I Comnenus Electrum Histamenon Nomisma. Thessalonica mint. +KE RE AËES IC-XC, facing bust of Christ, in nimbus cruciger, pallium & colobium, holding book of Gospels / DIMITIP Saint Demetrius standing right presenting labarum to Alexius standing facing. ; the saint nimbate, in military attire & holding sword in left hand; the emperor in crown and loros and grasping shaft of labarum with right hand; to left, ÄI MI TI P; to right, Ä EC Ð I T H. DOC 4 var. TextObverseReverse
Unlisted_HistamenonAlexius I EL Histamenon. Struck 1081-1092 AD(?), Constantinople mint(?). Christ seated on bench facing; IC XC to either side of bench, crescent to either side of head / + [ALEI]IW ­ECPOT, half-length figure of Alexius standing facing, holding orb & akakia; manus Dei to left, large stars to either side. TextImage
Sear #1895 Alexius I Comnenus Electrum Histamenon Nomisma, scyphate. Pre-reform coinage, 1081-1092 AD, Constantinople mint. IC-XC, Christ enthroned facing / ALEIIW DECAPOT TW KOMNHNW, half-length bust of Alexius facing holding cruciform scepter & globus cruciger.
Sear #1900 Class J anonymous follis of 1081-1118, by Alexius I. Christ / cross on crescent surrounded by dots.
Sear #1901 Class K anonymous follis. 1081-1092 AD. Christ / Virgin Mary.
Sear #1903 ANONYMOUS. Time of Nicephorus III. Circa 1080. Æ Class M Follis. Christ enthroned / Jewelled cross.
Sear #1904 ALEXIUS I AR Histamenon Nomisma Struck 1081/1082. Thessalonica mint. Nimbate bust of Christ / Nimbate & armored figure of St. Demetrius, standing right, presenting labarum to Alexius, standing facing, in crown & loros.
Sear #1905 Alexius I. Pre-Reform AR Histamenon. Struck 1081-1092 AD. Thessalonica mint. Facing bust of Christ / St. Demetrius and Alexius standing, holding patriarchal cross between them. cf. Hendy pl. 1, 10-11.
Sear #1906 ALEXIUS I Pre-Reform AR Tetarteron. Struck 1081-1092 AD. Thessalonica mint. Facing bust of Mary orans, medallion of infant Christ in front / Crowned facing bust, holding scepter & globus cruciger.
Sear #1910 Alexius I AE 22mm Follis. 1081-1118. Bust of Alexius with globed cross / Jeweled cross on two steps.
Sear #1913 Alexius I Comnenus AV Hyperpyron. Constantinople mint, post-reform coinage struck 1092-1118. +KERO-H QEI IC-XC, Christ enthroned facing with raised hand & book of Gospels / horizontal inscriptions on left: A/LE/ZIW/DEC/PO/TH, on right: TW/KO/MN/NW, Alexius standing facing, holding labarum & globus cruciger, crowned by manus Dei above; exaggerated jewels on chlamys hem.
Sear #1917 Alexius I Billon Aspron Trachy. Constantinople. IC-XC, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallium & colobium, holding book of Gospels / Alexius standing facing, wearing crown & jewelled chlamys holding cruciform sceptre and globe cross.
Sear #1918 Alexius I Billon Aspron Trachy. Constantinople. IC-XC, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallium & colobium, holding book of Gospels / half-length bust of Alexius facing, wearing crown & jewelled chlamys holding cruciform sceptre and globe cross.
Sear #1920 Alexius I Comnenus 1081-1118 A.D. AE Tetarteron. Nimbate bust of Christ facing holding Book of Gospels / bust facing holding orb and cruciform scepter.
Sear #1924 Alexius I AV Hyperpyron. Post-reform coinage, 1092-1118. Thessalonica mint. KE ROHQEI, Christ enthroned facing / A/LE/ZI/W/DEC/PO/T on left, Alexius standing facing, holding labarum & globus-cruciger; manus Dei above, T/W/KO/M-N/N/W at right.
Sear #1929 Alexius I AE Tetarteron. Thessalonica mint. IC-XC, bust of Christ facing, in nimbus cruciger, pallium & colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left hand / + AL_ZI DECP, bust facing, in crown & jeweled chlamys, holding cruciform scepter & globus cruciger.
Sear #1931 Alexius I AE20mm Tetarteron. 1081-1118 AD, Thessalonica mint.
Sear #1932 Alexius I AE Tetarteron. Patriarchal cross on two steps / bust facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding jewelled sceptre and globe cross.
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