Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. PB Seal (32mm, 20.11 g, 12h). Good VF.

Triton XXVII
Lot: 965. Estimated: $ 750

Byzantine, Coin-in-Hand Video, Lead

Sold For $ 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. PB Seal (32mm, 20.11 g, 12h). Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising right hand and holding Gospels in left; IC XC, each with macron above, flanking throne / + AΛЄZIω Π’T T ω, crowned facing figure of Alexius, wearing loros, holding labarum in right hand and globus crucgier in left. Cf. BLS 102 (for similar seals of Alexius I); DOCBS 6, 88.35 (for similar issue for overtype). Dark gray patina with some tan highlights, a couple marks and minor edge bends. Good VF. Very rare and unusual. Overstruck on a previous seal.

A most interesting seal of Alexius I which features an overstrike of a smaller seal over a previous large module. The larger module undertype is partly visible but difficult to attribute to another known example definitively. The overtype, however, is the same diameter as DOCBS 6, 88.35 and the dies are indeed quite similar though not identical. As two examples, the pellets suspended from the stemma are triple pellets on this specimen instead of one and this seal’s loros fold is pelleted rather than unpelleted.

The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session Three – Lot 648–983 will be held Wednesday morning, 10 January 2024 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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