Watch List notes:

Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus, 1195-1203. Hyperpyron (Gold, 28 mm, 4.21 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, circa 1197-1203. +KЄ ROHΘЄI Christ standing facing on dais, nimbate, wearing pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in field to left and right, IC - XC. Rev. AΛЄΣΙ ΔЄCΠΟ [ ... ] Alexius III standing facing on the left, wearing crown and chlamys, holding akakia in his right hand and patriarchal cross toegether with St. Constantine, standing facing on the right, nimbate, bearded and crowned, wearing divitision and loros; in field to right, OKⲰ. DOC 1b. SB 2008. Fresh and sharply struck. The flan somewhat wavy and with minor weakness on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s.