Description
Collection Number: WC 10917
Object Number:
Dates: 1092 - 1093
Denomination: Aspron Trachy Nomisma
Dimensions: 28.74mm
Weight: 3.98g
Authority: Alexius I Comnenus
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: IC XC (horizontal line above IC XC) in upper field. Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, and seated upon throne with back; holds Gospels in left hand
Obverse Legend:
IC XC
Obverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: Horizontal line above IC XC
Reverse Type: +ΛΛI ΔCΠ (or +ΛΛ ΔC). Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in right hand sceptre cruciger, and in left, globus cruciger
Reverse Legend:
+ΛΛ[I]() ΔCΠ()
Reverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Reverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Reverse Inscription Comments: Blundered letters
Bibliography
DOC IV pp. 226-227 n. 25a, Plate V
BNP p. 678 nn. 1-6, Plate XCIV
BMC Byz vol. 2, p. 543 nn. 14-15, Plate LXIV, 8-9
Ratto p. 107 n. 2064, Plate L
Sabatier p. n. 15, Plate LII,13
Sommer p. 332 n. 59.17
Sear 1918