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Maker(s):Alexius III (minted under)
Culture:Byzantine
Title:Hyperpyron of Alexius III
Date Made:1195-1203
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Gold
Place Made:Europe; Asia; Turkey; Constantinople
Measurements:28mm; 3.502g
Accession Number:  MH 2004.13.455
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Nathan Whitman
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Christ, standing facing on dais, nimbate, wearing pallium and colobium, right hand raised, book of Gospels in left; IC-XC
Reverse: Alexius on left, wearing crown, divitision and chlamys, akakia in right hand and St. Constantine, bearded, crowned and nimbate on right, wearing divitision and loros, both standing facing, holding long patriarchal cross between them; A...A... OKMNTANT

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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