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Histamenon nomisma - Alexios I Komnenos
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 1082-1087 |
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| Value | Histamenon (1) |
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| Obverse description | Christ Pantokrator depicted standing facing, nimbate with cruciform halo, robed in imperial Byzantine fashion, holding the Book of Gospels in his left hand with his right hand raised in a gesture of benediction. The figure is set within a pearl border and flanked by the Greek Christogram sigla IC (left) and XC (right) in the field. The artistic style reflects the refined Komnenian court iconography of the late 11th century. |
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| Reverse description | Emperor Alexios I Komnenos depicted facing, standing in full imperial regalia, wearing a jewelled crown with pendilia and a loros decorated with pearls and gemstones. He holds a patriarchal cross sceptre in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. A fragmentary Greek legend surrounds the figure in the field, identifying the emperor by name and title. |
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| Mintage | ND (1082-1087) |
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