Watch List notes:

Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Hyperpyron (Gold, 31 mm, 4.30 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, post-reform coinage, 1092-1118. +ΚЄ ROHΘЄI Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. A/ΛЄ/ΖΙω / ΔЄC/ΠΟ/ΤΗ; in right field, Tω / KO/MNH/Nω Alexius I standing facing, wearing crown, divitision and exagerrated jewelled chlamys, holding labarum with his right hand and globus cruciger with his left; in upper right field, manus Dei to left. SB 1913. Slightly clipped and with a very minor graffito of X on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the early to mid 20th century, privately purchased from J. Schulman, Amsterdam (with original ticket).