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. His feet rest on a dais. He has a nimbus. Inscription at left and right: [Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς] Χ(ριστό)ς. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing to front on a dais, wearing a crown and a loros. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger (lightly imprinted) in the left. Circular inscription, beginning at 7:30. Border of dots.
αλ...ωδ...ο..........
Ἀλ[εξί]ῳ δ[εσπ]ό[τ(ῃ) τῷ 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. His feet rest on a dais. He has a nimbus. Inscription at left and right: [Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς] Χ(ριστό)ς. Border of dots.
Reverse
The emperor Alexios I bearded standing to front on a dais, wearing a crown and a loros. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger (lightly imprinted) in the left. Circular inscription, beginning at 7:30. Border of dots.
αλ...ωδ...ο..........
Ἀλ[εξί]ῳ δ[εσπ]ό[τ(ῃ) τῷ Κομνηνῷ].
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.510 (formerly DO 58.106.510) |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.36. |
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)