Description: Alexius I Comnenus (1081 - 1118). Billon Aspron Trachy, Constantinople mint. Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, holding book of gospels / Bust of Alexius holding patriarchal cross and globus cruciger.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 3,68 g

Grade: F/VF

Attribution: Sear 1918; DOC 25 b

Commentary: thick sand patina

History: In his struggle against the Normans, Alexius I secured the allegiance of Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo - the last example of Byzantine political influence on peninsular Italy.

Article Number: 022-08-05-41652