Watch List notes:

Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Hyperpyron (Gold, 29 mm, 4.43 g, 6 h), Thessalonica, 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/ΠO/ΤΗ - T/ω / KO/MNH/N/ω Alexius I standing facing, wearing crown, divitision and exagerrated jewelled chlamys, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in upper right field, manus Dei to left. SB 1924. Minor graffiti on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


From a collection formed in the Rhineland from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.