MK-B | Byzanz: Alexius III. Comnenus 1195-1203

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Byzanz: Alexius III. Comnenus 1195-1203
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM45/48 The Byzantine Empire 5-12th Cent. Gold
Obverse	AΛEXIOC ΔECΠOTHC - O KO[NSTANTI] [Der Herr Alexios, der heilige Konstantinos]. Alexius II. mit Krone und Stola (loros), Beutel (akaia) in der l. Hand, und der Heilige Konstantin (Constantinus I.) mit Nimbus und Stola (loros) halten gemeinsam ein Patriarchenkreuz.
Reverse	IC - XC. Christus sitzt mit Nimbus in der Vorderansicht. Die r. Hand im Segensgestus, die l. hält die Bibel. Die waagerechten Kreuzarme des Nimbus sind mit je einem Punkt verziert.
Sitter	Alexius III Comnenus (1195-1203) Jesus Christ
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Alexius III Comnenus (1195-1203)
Date	1195-1203 High Middle Ages
Denomination	Hyperpyron Hyperpyron A Byzantine gold denomination of the 1092 reform of Alexios I Komnenus (1081-1118), produced until 1355, during the reign of John V (1341-1376). The nominal value of the Hyperpyron is 24 carats, its actual value is ca. 20 ½. Gold content will steadily decrease in time, down to 11 carats. Because of the concave fabric, it is also termed trachy Hyperpyron. It will remain the money of account after 1355. It was not struck under John VI sole reign (1390) or in the later years of John V (1390-1391). Also produced under the divided empire in Nicaea and Bulgaria.
	Gold ; 4,41 g; 31 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thracia
Country	Turkey
Publications	M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 404 Nr. 1 a3 (datiert 1195-1197); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 406 Nr. 2007.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1849/8880
Vendor (to Museum)	Paulos Ioannes Lambros
Object number	18204135
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