MK-B | Byzanz: Alexius III. Comnenus 1197-1203

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Byzanz: Alexius III. Comnenus 1197-1203
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	AΛEΣIW ΔECΠO TW KOMNHNO [Alexio Despote to Komneno. Σ gegenläufig. MNHN ligiert]. Alexius III., l., mit Krone, Gewand (divitision), Mantel (chalmys) steht in der Vorderansicht. In seiner l. Hand ein Beutel (akaia). Der Heilige Konstantin r. mit Nimbus in Stola (loros) und Gewand (divitision). Beide halten Patriarchenkreuz.
Reverse	+ KE PO-HΘEI [Kyrie boethei]. Der bärtige Christus mit Nimbus steht im Segensgestus, in seiner l. Hand die Bibel, in der Vorderansicht. Beiderseits IC - XC. Im r. F. oben K.
Sitter	Alexius III Comnenus (1195-1203) Constantinus I
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Alexius III Comnenus (1195-1203)
Date	1197-1203 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 ; 4,30 g; 27 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thrace
Country	Turkey
Publications	M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 405 Nr. 1b5 (datiert 1197-1203); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 404 Nr. 2008.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Accession	1853/11635
Vendor (to Museum)	Paulos Ioannes Lambros
Object number	18233194
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