Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
Obverse
Christ with long hair combed outward along the left side is shown 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 cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of one pellet. Sigla at right: χσ̅ : [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 and is decorated with six pellets. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
αλεΞιωδεσποτ,τ........
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότ(ῃ) τ[ῷ Κομνηνῷ].
Obverse
Christ with long hair combed outward along the left side is shown 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 cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of one pellet. Sigla at right: χσ̅ : [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 and is decorated with six pellets. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
αλεΞιωδεσποτ,τ........
Ἀλεξίῳ δεσπότ(ῃ) τ[ῷ Κομνηνῷ].
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4340 |
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Diameter | 32.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.17. |
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)