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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; holds Gospels in l. hand. Rev.: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, collarpiece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., anexikakia. * | * in field.

Electrum

Byzantine period, Middle

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