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Byzanz: Alexius III. Comnenus 1195-1203 n. Chr.
	Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault
Inventory no	11179
Obverse	[AɅ-E-ZIW TW KWN] [Alexio 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 Kreuz und jeweils in der anderen Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum).
Reverse	[KE RO]-HΘ[EI] [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
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Alexius III Comnenus (1195-1203)
Date	1195-1203 n. Chr.
Denomination	Billon-Trachy Billon-Trachy A 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.
	Billon ; 2,88 g; 13-29 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) 414 Nr. 3 i.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
previous Owner	Heinrich Wefels - 1931
Object number	ID8648
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