1 Hyperpyron, Byzantine Empire, 1092 - 1118
date: label: date made
content: 1092 - 1118
label: period of administration
content: 1081 - 1118
name: label: maker
content: Alexius I Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) hyperpyron coin, Alexius I Comnenus
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1092 - 1118
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Christ enthroned facing forward wearing a nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and holds the book of Gospels in his left hand; on either side of the nimbus read IC -- XC.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: KE / ROHϴEI / IC / XC
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Alexius stands facing forward wearing a crown, divitision and jeweled chlamys; he holds a labarum and globus cruciger; in upper right field manus Dei.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: A / ΛE / ZIW / ΔEC / ПO/ TH / / TW / KO / MNH / NW
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
label: city
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Constantinople
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Byzantine Coins
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.6116
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.6116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .16 cm x 3.25 cm; 1/16 in x 1 9/32 in