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Coin of Alexios I

Coin of Alexios I

1081 - 1118

Alexios I

Byzantine

Obv.: Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand. Two pellets in each limb of nimbus cross. Rev.: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, and chlamys; holds in r. hand scepter, the head of which is composed of a leaved cross, and in l., gl. cr.

Silver

Byzantine period, Middle

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