Byzanz: Alexius III. Comnenus
1195-1203 n. Chr.
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Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault |
Obverse |
[AɅEZIW ΔEC-O TW KOMNHNW] [Alexio Despote to Komneno]. Alexius III. mit Krone (l.) und der Heilige Constantinus mit Nimbus (r.) stehen nebeneinander in der Vorderansicht. Beide halten zwischen ihnen einen Globus (sphaira) mit Patriarchenkreuz und jeweils in der anderen Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum). |
Reverse |
[KE RO]-HΘEI [Kyrie boethei]. Büste des Christus mit Nimbus im Segensgestus mit Bibel in der l. Hand in der Vorderansicht. Beiderseits IC - XC. |
Sitter |
Alexius III Comnenus (1195-1203)
Jesus Christ
Constantinus I
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Class/status |
Imperial issue (medieval/modern) |
Authority |
Alexius III Comnenus (1195-1203)
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Denomination |
Billon-Trachy Billon-TrachyA Byzantine billon denomination, of the reform of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118), concave, 1/48 Hyperpyron, with ca. 6-7% silver, but it will soon degrade to 2.5-3%, 1/128 of Hyperpyron. Further debasement to 2-3% silver, value drops to 1/184 Hyperpyron. Production will stop under Alexios III (1195-1203). It was also produced during the divided empire in Nicaea, Epirus, Thessalonica. Such concave copper trachea were also called Stamena according to the Florentine 14th century merchant Francesco Balducci Pegolotti. Compare DOC V-1 (1999) pp. 28, 32. |
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Billon ; 3,15 g; 21-26 mm; 6 h |
Publications |
M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 411 Nr. 3 d. |
Department |
Medieval Period, High Middle Ages |
previous Owner |
Heinrich Wefels 1913 - 1931
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