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. No epigraphy visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing on a dais, wearing a a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds in a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription, beginning at 7:30. Border of dots.
αλειωδ,σποτ,τ,κ...ηνω
Ἀλεξίῳ δ(ε)σπότ(ῃ) τ(ῷ) Κ[ομν]ηνῷ.
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. No epigraphy visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing on a dais, wearing a a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds in a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription, beginning at 7:30. Border of dots.
αλειωδ,σποτ,τ,κ...ηνω
Ἀλεξίῳ δ(ε)σπότ(ῃ) τ(ῷ) Κ[ομν]ηνῷ.
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.346 (formerly DO 47.2.346) |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.34. |
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)