Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-backed throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. His feet rest on a dais. He has a nimbus cruciger. Sigla visible at left: ισ̅ : Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing on a dais, wearing a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum (partially imprinted) in the right hand and a globus surmounted by a thick cross in the left. Remains of a circular inscription visible at right. Border of dots.
..........ποτ,τωκ.μνηνω
[Ἀλεξίῳ δεσ]πότ(ῃ) τῷ Κ[ο]μνηνῷ
Obverse
Christ seated on a high-backed throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. His feet rest on a dais. He has a nimbus cruciger. Sigla visible at left: ισ̅ : Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing on a dais, wearing a crown and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum (partially imprinted) in the right hand and a globus surmounted by a thick cross in the left. Remains of a circular inscription visible at right. Border of dots.
..........ποτ,τωκ.μνηνω
[Ἀλεξίῳ δεσ]πότ(ῃ) τῷ Κ[ο]μνηνῷ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1688 |
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Diameter | 31.0 mm; field: 29.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.28. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
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)