MK-FR | Byzanz: Alexius I. Comnenus 1092-1118 n. Chr.

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Byzanz: Alexius I. Comnenus 1092-1118 n. Chr.
	Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault
Inventory no	11122
Obverse	Λ/ΛE/ZIW / ΔCC/ΠO/TH - TW/ KO/MN/NW [Alexio Despote to Komneno. MN ligiert]. Alexius I. steht mit Krone und Gewand (divitision) in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum), in seiner l. ein Kreuzglobus (sphaira). Juwelenverzierter Mantel (chlamys) mit Punktmustern, r. bes. ausgeprägt. Oben r. die Hand Gottes.
Reverse	+ KE RO-HΘEI [Kyrie boethei]. Der bärtige Christus mit Nimbus sitzt auf einem Thron im Segensgestus, in seiner l. Hand die Bibel, in der Vorderansicht. Oben beiderseits IC - XC ("Iesus Christus").
Sitter	Jesus Christ Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Date	1092-1118 n. Chr.
Denomination	Hyperpyron Hyperpyron A Byzantine gold denomination of the 1092 reform of Alexios I Komnenus (1081-1118), produced until 1355, during the reign of John V (1341-1376). The nominal value of the Hyperpyron is 24 carats, its actual value is ca. 20 ½. Gold content will steadily decrease in time, down to 11 carats. Because of the concave fabric, it is also termed trachy Hyperpyron. It will remain the money of account after 1355. It was not struck under John VI sole reign (1390) or in the later years of John V (1390-1391). Also produced under the divided empire in Nicaea and Bulgaria.
	Gold ; 3,20 g; 27 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thracia
Country	Turkey
Publications	M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 218 Nr. 20 g (Second coinage of the Post-reform Period).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
previous Owner	Heinrich Wefels 1917 - 1931
Object number	ID8131
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