MK-B | Byzanz: Alexius I. Comnenus 1092-1118

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Byzanz: Alexius I. Comnenus 1092-1118
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	A/ΛC/SI/W / ΔCC/ΠO/T - T/W KO/[MN]/N/W [Alexio Despote to Komneno. MN ligiert]. Alexius I. steht mit Krone und Gewand (divitision) in der Vorderansicht. In seiner rechten Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum), in seiner linken Hand ein Kreuzglobus (sphaira). Juwelenverzierter Mantel (chlamys) mit Punktmustern. Oben rechts die Hand Gottes.
Reverse	+ KE RO-HΘEI [Kyrie boethei]. Der bärtige Christus mit Nimbus auf einem Thron sitzend im Segensgestus, in seiner linken Hand die Bibel, in der Vorderansicht. Beiderseits IC - XC. Doppelschlag.
Sitter	Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)
Date	1092-1118 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 ; 4,39 g; 27 mm; 6 h
Production	struck double strike
Mint	Thessalonica
Region	Macedonia
Country	Greece
Publications	M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 220 Nr. 20 h (Thessaloniki, datiert 1092-1118); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 387 Nr. 1924 (Thessaloniki).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1873 Gansauge
previous Owner	Lieutenant general Hermann von Gansauge
Object number	18222069
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