THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
ALEXIUS I COMNENUS, 1081-1118, Post-Reform Coinage
Mint of Thessalonica
Hyperpyron 1092/93 – 1118. Obv. VS.: + KE RO-HΘEI / IC – XC Christ enthroned facing, holding book of Gospels and raising r. hand in benediction. Rev. A/ΛE/ZI/W / ΔEC/ΠO/T - T/W / K/O/MN/N/W Crowned emperor standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger. Manus dei above. Sear 1924; Hendy pl. 4,6 - 5,4. 4.43 g. Uncirculated. Ex Auction Gorny & Mosch 176. Munich 2009. Lot 2782.