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Monograms
Coin: 9550
Format
Coin
Issue
6099
Details
Notes
Possibly double struck. Quincux on nimbus of Christ on left and pellet on right
X graffiti onto coin obverse, between 9-10 o'clock
Object Type
coin
Denomination
electrum trachy
Metal
Electrum
Region
Byzantium
State
Thrace
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. Lacks +KΕRO HΘΕI
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. Loros waist (symbols)
Reverse Legend
Inscription obscure
Citations
DOC, Michael Hendy, Alexius I to Michael VIII, 1081-1261, 1999 Vol. 4, Part 1, p. 406 Alexius III 2d var. (quincux on nimbus of Christ on left and pellet on right)
Sear, David R. Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, 1987 cf. 2009
References
DOC
Sear
Coin Description
Size
27.5 in mm
Die Axis
5
Weight
3.35 in grams
Accession
Accession number: 29, 2005-01-14, A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd.
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