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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, and seated upon throne with back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Rev.: Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, and chlamys; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., gl. cr.

Billon

Byzantine period, Middle

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