Specimen record
be-010
BE-010 Byzantine Empire, Alexios III Angelos (AD 1195-1203). Bronze aspron trachy (3.00 gm), Constantinople. Sear 2012.
be-010
House record
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￥5,890
Obverse
Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, holding the Gospel in his left hand; to left and right, ‘IC – XC’, abbreviation for ‘IHCOYC XPICTOC’ (‘Jesus Christ’ in Greek) and ‘+KЄRO – HΘЄI’ (‘Lord, aid’ in Greek).
Reverse
Alexios III and nimbate Constantine I standing facing, both holding a labarum and a globus cruciger between them; to left, very weak traces of ‘ΑΛЄΞΙꞶ ΔЄϹΠ’ (‘Despot Alexios’ in Greek); to right, very weak traces of ‘ΚꞶΝCΤΑΝΤΙ’ (‘Constantine’ in Greek).
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