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Hyperpyron (reverse) with Alexius III and St. Constantine
Constantinople
Reign of Alexius III
A.D. 1195–1197
Mint: Constantinople
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm; Weight: 4.44 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.383
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: IC XC in field. Full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, standing on dais, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand. five dots in each limb of nimbus cross
Reverse: AΛΕ[ OKWNƬANT Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft ending in small globule. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and chalmys; holds anexikakia in r. hand; saint wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type.
Reverse: AΛΕ[ OKWNƬANT Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Constantine nimbate, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft ending in small globule. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and chalmys; holds anexikakia in r. hand; saint wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type.
Provenance1965, bequest of Mary Stacy Beaman (Mrs. Edward Jackson) Holmes (b.1875- d.1964), Boston, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 10, 1965)