Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-back throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of one dot. Sigla visible at left: Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing on a dais, wearing a crown with a cross and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Remains of a circular inscription. Border of dots.
..λειωδεσ.οττ.......
[Ἀ]λεξίῳ δεσ[π]ότ(ῃ) τ(ῷ) [Κομνηνῷ].
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-back throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of one dot. Sigla visible at left: Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing on a dais, wearing a crown with a cross and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Remains of a circular inscription. Border of dots.
..λειωδεσ.οττ.......
[Ἀ]λεξίῳ δεσ[π]ότ(ῃ) τ(ῷ) [Κομνηνῷ].
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.345 (formerly DO 47.2.345) |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.33. |
Translation
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότῃ τῷ Κομνηνῷ.
Alexios Komnenos, despotes.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 6, Emperors, Patriarchs of Constantinople, Addenda (Open in Zotero)