Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Hyperpyron (Gold, 31 mm, 4.38 g, 6 h), Reform coinage, Constantinople, 1092-1118. + KE RO-HΘEI / IC - XC Christ seated facing, nimbate, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels in his left. Rev. A ΛE ΞIΩ ΔECΠOTΗ - TW KO MNH NΩ Alexius standing facing, crowned, wearing jeweled robes and holding labarum in his right hand and cross on globe in his left; above, Manus Dei; on the chlamys border, six pellets. DOC 20c. SB 1912. Toned. Some minor crinkling, otherwise, good very fine.
From the collection of W. Belser, Zürich, prior to 1965, and that of his son, acquired in the early 1970s.