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Alexius I Gold Hyperpyron
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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Komnenian Restoration
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John II Gold Hyperpyron
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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Coin
Manuel I Gold Hyperpyron
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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