Details

Notes

Double striking on obverse

Object Type

coin

Denomination

electrum trachy

Metal

Electrum

Region

Byzantium

State

City

Constantinople

Ruler

Alexios III Angelos Comnenus (1185 to 1204)

Date

1197 to 1203

Obverse Figure Description

Christ, seated, facing, IC XC in field. Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; right hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in left. Pellet or pellets, normally in each limb of nimbus cross. (four dots)//asterisk/+ above cushion of throne, to right

Reverse Figure Description

Emperor and St. Constantine, standing, facing, Full-length figure of emperor on left, and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them labarum, surmounting triangular decoration, on long shaft. Emperor and saint wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; both hold scepter cruciger, emperor in right hand, saint in left

Reverse Legend

AΛΕZIWΔΕCΠ O KWNTANTI

Citations

• DOC 4, Michael Hendy, Alexius I to Michael VIII, 1081-1261, 1999 Vol. 4, Part 1, p. 406 Alexius III 2b
• Sear, David R. Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, 1987 2009

References

• DOC 4
• Sear