Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118)
Obverse
Faint outline of Christ seated on a high-back throne. Sigla visible at right: χσ̅ : 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 in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription visible at left. Border of dots.
αλεΞιωδε . . .
Ἀλεξίῳ δε[σπότῃ τῷ Κομνηνῷ?].
Obverse
Faint outline of Christ seated on a high-back throne. Sigla visible at right: χσ̅ : 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 in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription visible at left. Border of dots.
αλεΞιωδε . . .
Ἀλεξίῳ δε[σπότῃ τῷ Κομνηνῷ?].
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.524 |
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Diameter | 32.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 88.3. |
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)