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DenominationHistamenon Nomisma
Country / EmpireByzantine Empire
Obverse DesignChrist Pantocrator enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left. Inscriptions: IC XC (Jesus Christ).
Reverse DesignAlexius I Komnenos standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding globus cruciger in left hand; being crowned by St. Demetrius standing facing, wearing nimbus and military attire, holding sword in left hand. Between them, a cross on three steps. Inscriptions: AΛЄΞIω ΔЄCΠOT (Alexius Despot) and O ΔHMHTPIOC (St. Demetrius).

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