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Coin: 18135

Format: Coin
Issue: 11302

Copies in the Library

Location	Call Number	Status	Location Service	Notes
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Details

Notes

Double struck on obverse

Object Type

coin

Denomination

Metal

Region

State

City

Ruler

Alexios III Angelos Comnenus (1185 to 1204)

Date

Obverse Figure Description

Christ, Bust, facing, IC XC in field. Beardless, nimbate bust of Christ, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in left hand. Pellet, or pellets, normally in each limb of nimbus cross

Obverse Legend

Reverse Figure Description

Emperor and St. Constantine, standing, facing, Full-length figure or emperor on left, and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them globus cruciger. Emperor and saint wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; both hold labarum-headed scepter. Three jewels on collar-pieces; no asterisks between the figures of the emperor and saint, below the globus cruciger. Emperor’s loros waist 

Reverse Legend

AΛΕZIWΔΕC O W/K KOMN or AΛΕZIWΔΕC O W/K TWKOMHNW or variants

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References

Coin Description

Size: 26 in mm
Die Axis: 12
Weight: 3.45 in grams
Accession: Accession number: 882, 2022-03-22, Chris and Helen Theodotou Collection
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