Alexius I, 1081-1118 (Pre-Reform Coinage, 1081-1092). BI Miliaresion (concave, 2.07). Constantinople. +QKE ROHQEI TW CW DOVLW, Mary standing facing on footstool, nimbate and with her hands uplifted (orans). Alexius, crowned and wearing military attire, standing facing, holding long cross and resting on hilt of sheathed sword, dot below his right elbow. DOC 10; Hendy pl. 2, 13; Sear 1897. very rare. Courtesy of A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, Auction Nov. 2009, lot 141.