THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Alexius I Comnenus, April 1081 – August 1118, with colleagues from 1088
Pre-reform coinage, 1081-1092. Debased trachy 1087-1092, EL 4.47 g. Facing bust of Christ, nimbate, wearing tunic and colobium , raising r. hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels with l.; in field, IC – XC. Rev. +LLEXIw DEC – POT… Facing bust of Alexius, wearing crown, divitision and chlamys , holding sceptre surmounted by leaved cross and globus cruciger . DO 3. Sear 1894.
About extremely fine