Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 29

TURKEY: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AV 100 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1293 year 32, KM-730, AGW 0.2127 oz, ANACS graded AU53.

TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AV 100 kurus (7.19g), Kostantiniye, AH1327 year 10, KM-776, AGW 0.2127 oz, EF to About Unc.

SAFFARID: Ahmad b. Muhammad, 923-963, AR dirham (2.77g), Sijistan, AH322, A-1412, citing the caliph al-Radi, choice VF.

SAMANID: Nuh I, 819-841, AE fals (1.96g), Binkath, AH214, A-M1440, beautiful strike, fully legible and well centered, choice VF.

SAMANID: Asad b. Ahmad, 882-883, AE fals (3.12g), Akhsikath, AH267, A-A1477, Zeno-183368 (this piece), mint name without the initial letter alif, ligh

SAMANID: 'Abd al-Malik I, 954-961, AR dirham (2.92g), NM, ND, A-1462N, brockage of the reverse (hence without mint & date), coarse style, pr...

SAMANID: Isma'il II, 1000-1004, AE fals (2.51g), Bukhara, AH390, A-1476A, decent strike for this rare example, Fine, RR.

MUHTAJID: Nasr b. Ahmad, 952-976, AE fals (2.89g), Saghaniyan, AH355, A-1477.1, ruler's name below obverse field, citing the Samanid ruler Mansu...

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AR dirham (3.00g), Uzkand, AH394, A-3302, nice strike, choice EF.

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AR dirham (2.80g), Uzkand, AH394, A-3302, excellent strike, attractively toned, choice VF.

QARAKHANID: Abu'l-Fawaris Bektuz, fl. 1010, AR dirham (3.40g), Quz-Kesh, AH401, A-3303F, Kochnev-267b, Z-16144 (same dies), with his full titles...

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. al-Qasim, 1001, AR dirham (2.77g), al-Shash, AH391, A-3331, Z-104025, Kochnev-110, also citing the great khan Ahmad (as al-khan al

QARAKHANID: Nizam al-Dawla Tungha-tegin, 1009-1014, AE fals (2.54g), Samarqand, AH414, A-3334, struck on slightly defective planchet, VF, RR.

QARAKHANID: 'Ali b. al-Hasan, 1020-1025, AR dirham (3.46g), Khutlukh Urdu, AH425, A-3347, with his full titulature, finest calligraphy, About Unc.

BUWAYHID: Mu'izz al-Dawla Ahmad, 939-967, AR dirham (3.10g), Wasit, AH356, A-1545, citing his son 'Izz al-Dawla and the chief amir Rukn al-D...

BUWAYHID: Anonymous, ca. 1000-1050, AR fractional dirham (1.28g), Shiraz, ND, A-—, presumably for donative purposes, with the first 5 words of the Sur

KAKWAYHID: Faramurz, 1041-1051, AV dinar (3.82g), Isbahan, AH435, A-1592.2, citing the Seljuq Tughril Beg as overlord, with shams above the reverse, U

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.24g), Nishapur, AH393, A-1606, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.09g), Nishapur, AH412, A-1606, with additional title nizam al-din, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.18g), Ghazna, AH415, A-1607, large die break across reverse, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR bilingual dirham (2.88g), Mahmudpur (=Lahore), AH418, A-1610, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR damma (0.33g), NM, ND, A-1613M, Z-181347, anonymous, kalima // Qur'an Sura 112, possibly struck during Mahmud...

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR damma (0.36g), NM, ND, A-1613M, Z-181347, anonymous, kalima // Qur'an Sura 112, possibly struck during Mahmud...

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR damma (0.35g), NM, ND, A-1613M, Z-181347, anonymous, kalima // Qur'an Sura 112, possibly struck during Mahmud...

GHAZNAVID or late Samanid: AV fractional dinar (0.64g), Nishapur, ND, A-—, tentatively anonymous, though the name Muhammad below the obverse field cou

GHAZNAVID: LOT of 2 gold dinars of Mahmud Shah (999-1030), both of the Herat mint: AH411 (3.12g, VF, partly weak strike), and AH414 (3.86g, Fine); ret

GREAT SELJUQ: Tughril Beg, 1038-1063, AV dinar (3.83g), Nishapur, AH438, A-1665, some weakness, VF.

GREAT SELJUQ: Barkiyaruq, 1093-1105, AR dirham (2.02g), al-Ahwaz, AH489, A-1682C, first known specimen with legible date, fully clear on this piece, V

GREAT SELJUQ: Sanjar, 1097-1098, AV dinar (3.20g), Balkh, AH509, A-1685A, also citing the chief Seljuq ruler Muhammad b. Malikshah, with Ayat al-Kursi

GREAT SELJUQ: Sanjar, 1118-1157, AV dinar (2.77g), Balkh, AH519, A-1687A, superbly engraved text, with incredably long titulature for Sanjar, and the

KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, AV dinar (5.55g), Badakhshan, AH(611), A-1712, SNAT-XIVc:393 (same dies), date confirmed by SNAT specimen, usual we

KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, AE broad dirham (6.09g), Samarqand, AH609, A-1722, very rare date for this mint, clear date both sides, VF, RR.

KHWARIZMSHAH: Mangubarni, 1220-1231, AR dirham (3.13g), NM , ND, A-1745.1, ruler's name and title jalal al-dunya wa'l-din // the caliph'...

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AV dinar (4.25g), ND, A-1764.2, De-253, Bayana mint type, with Nagari legend sri maha- / mira mahama-...

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AR dirham (3.19g), NM, ND, A-1770, "bull's eye" type, with Qur'an 9:33 repeated in ...

QARLUGHID: Nasir al-Din Muhammad, 1249-1259 AH, AE jital (3.48g), Ghazna, ND, A-1817, Tye-348, Arabic ghazna in center, nasir al-dunya wa'l-din ...

QARLUGHID: Nasir al-Din Muhammad, 1249-1259 AH, AE jital (3.53g), Kurraman, ND, A-1818K, nasir al-dunya / wa'l-din // darb / kurraman, newly dis...

ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN: al-Salih Salih, 1312-1364, AE double fals (6.12g) (Mardin), AHxx7, A-1840, SS-53, Zeno-183587 (this piece), two lions, back-to-bac

ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN: Qara Arslan, 1261-1294, AE fals (2.73g), NM, ND, A-1836.1, also citing the Ilkhan overlord Hulagu, very rare issue of this ruler,

ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN: Qara Arslan, 1261-1294, AR dirham (2.80g), Mardin, DM, A-1837A, Zeno-183586 (this piece), citing the Ilkhan Hulagu as overlord, wi

ZANGIDS OF AL-MAWSIL: Mahmud, 1219-1233, AV dinar (5.04g), al-Mawsil, AH6xx, A-1869, Jafar-16, also citing the Ayyubids al-Kamil & al-Ashraf, th...

ASSASSINS AT ALAMUT (Batinid): Muhammad I, 1138-1162, AV ¼ dinar (1.33g), Kursi al-Daylam, AH555, A-1918, the title al-mustafa li-din Allah niz...

SALGHURIDS: Abu Bakr, 1231-1260, lead fals (13.37g), [al-Bahrayn], ND, A-C1928, Salghurid tamgha // atabeg abu bakr, nice example with ruler's n...

SALGHURIDS: Abu Bakr, 1231-1260, lead fals (8.42g), [al-Bahrayn], ND, A-C1928, Salghurid tamgha // atabeg abu bakr, ruler's name & title abo...

SALGHURIDS: Abu Bakr, 1231-1260, lead fals (6.86g), [al-Bahrayn], ND, A-C1928, Salghurid tamgha // atabeg abu bakr, tamgha illegible, most of inscript

SALGHURID: Muhammad b. Sa'd, 1260-1263, AR dirham (3.82g), NM, ND, A-E1928, Zeno-159781, citing the Ilkhan Hulagu and the Great Mongol Mõng...

GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AR dirham (3.03g), NM , ND, A-1967, in the name of Chingiz Khan, Zeno type A1/B1, off-center strike (a

GREAT MONGOLS: Anonymous, ca. 1220s-1230s, AV dinar (4.63g), Badakhshan, ND, A-A1967, Zeno-90274 (same dies), citing the caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah

GREAT MONGOLS: Anonymous, ca. 1230s-1250s, AR dirham (4.19g), NM, ND, A-—, just khan / al-'adil on obverse, muhammad above uncertain symbol on r...

GREAT MONGOLS: temp. Ögedei, 1227-1241, AR dirham (2.35g), Imil, AH635 (frozen), A-K1974, Zeno-144058 (same dies), tengri kuchundur (Mongolian ...