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Byzantine coin – HCR53325

Obverse

Inscription:

IC XC, HΘΕΙ

Design:

Full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, standing on dais, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in left hand

Reverse

Inscription:

CΠΟ

Design:

Full-length figures of emperor and St. Constantine, bearded, holding between them patriarchal cross. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and chlamys, and holds anexikakia in right hand; St. Constantine wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and loros

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Middle Byzantine coin

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

Alexios III Angelos, Byzantine emperor, 1195-1203

Dating

1197-1203

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

hyperpyron

Metal

gold

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.29

Axis

6

Diameter (mm)

34

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1932

Source

Mrs. N.G. Davies

Reference

M.F. Hendy - 1999 - Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Volume Four Alexius I to Michael VIII 1081-1261 : 1b

Reference

M. Hendy - 1969 - Coinage and Money in the Byzantine Empire 1081-1261 : 1-3

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, nristovska, jbaker