Dynasty

Komnenian

View ancient gold coins connected with the Komnenian dynasty through documented object records, rulers, dates, mints and surviving imagery.

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Alexius I Gold Hyperpyron

AD 1081–1118

Christ blesses from the broad hyperpyron while the hand of God crowns Alexius I, announcing both a restored emperor and a restored gold currency.

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John II Gold Hyperpyron

AD 1118–1143

Christ stands opposite a coronation by the Virgin, presenting John II’s inheritance of the Komnenian restoration as an act of sacred continuity.

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Manuel I Gold Hyperpyron

AD 1143–1180

The youthful Christ Emmanuel faces Manuel I standing in imperial splendour, pairing sacred promise with the cosmopolitan ambition of the Komnenian court.

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