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Coin of Alexios I

Coin of Alexios I

1081 - 1118

Alexios I

Byzantine

Obv.: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., gl. cr.. Manus Dei in upper r. field. Collar has four jewels.

Gold

Byzantine period, Middle

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