Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus (AD 1195-1203). AV hyperpyron (29mm, 4.28 gm, 6h). NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5, graffito, edge crimp. Constantinople. + KЄ RO-HΘЄI, Christ standing facing on dias, wearing nimbus cruciger with five pellets in each arm, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left; IC-XC (barred) across fields / ΑΛЄΖΙw ΔЄCΠ-Τw ΚΟΜΝΗΝw, Alexius III (on left), standing facing, bearded, wearing crown with pendilia, divitision and chlamys, akakia in right hand, and St. Constantine (on right), nimbate, bearded, standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia, divitision and loros, jointly holding with inner hands tall patriarchal cross with globular base. Sear 2008. From The Santa Monica Collection

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