Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 9

TAHIRID: Talha, 822-828, AR dirham (2.88g), Samarqand, AH210, A-1393, nice even strike, Very Fine. The year AH210 is much rarer for this type & mint

BANIJURID: Sahlan b. Maktum, 974-988, AR multiple dirham, Badakhshan, AH378, A-A1440, SNAT-203/04, 8.56g, lovely strike, Extremely Fine, RR.

AMIR OF AL-KHUTTAL: al-Harith b. Asad, 893-905, AR dirham (3.28g), al-Khuttal, AH29x, A-B1440, citing the Samanid overlord, Isma'il b. Ahmad, Very Fin

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AV dinar (3.87g), Nishapur, AH302, A-1449, caliph al-Muqtadir, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, ex. William F. Spengler.

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AV dinar (4.32g), Nishapur, AH309, A-1449, caliph al-Muqtadir, scarce date, Very Fine, ex. William F. Spengler.

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AV dinar (2.95g), al-Muhammadiya, AH314, A-1449, very rare date, not found in quantity in the two recent hoards, lovely Ver

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AV dinar (3.40g), Amol, AH327, A-1449, citing caliphate heir Abu'l-Fadl, crude Very Fine, RRR.

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AV dinar (4.27g), Nishapur, AH330, A-1449, caliph al-Muttaqi, choice Very Fine, ex. William F. Spengler.

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AV dinar (4.17g), Nishapur, AH331, A-1449, caliph al-Muttaqi, choice Extremely Fine, ex. William F. Spengler. With minis

SAMANID: 'Abd al-Malik I, 954-961, AV dinar (3.23g), Nishapur, AH344, A-1460, without any caliph at all! bold Very Fine, R.

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AR multiple dirham, Warwarliz, AH370, A-1469.2, SNAT-1251/53, 12.31g, nice strike despite some flan defect on obverse only,

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AE fals (2.54g), Balkh, AH368, A-1470, citing al-Amir Fa'iq in the obverse field, lovely strike, Very Fine, R.

PROTO-QARAKHANID: Malik Aram, 10th century, AE cash (4.37g), NM, A-1510P, tentative reading Malik Aram Yinal Qinqi, lovely example, Fine to Very Fine.

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AR dirham (2.83g), Nishapur, DM, A-3302, Kochnev-169a, struck during the brief Qarakhanid occupation in Nishapur i

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. al-Qasim, fl. 1001-1002, AR dirham (1.81g), al-Shash, AH392, A-3331F, Kochnev-117, date weak but confirmed by other specimens, Abo

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. al-Qasim, 1001, AE fals (1.41g), Kharjankath, DM, A-I3332, a very rare mint near modern Tashkent, with the name or title Irta bene

QARAKHANID: Muhammad b. 'Ali, 1003-1024, AR dirham (2.46g), Ilaq, AH406, A-3307, Kochnev-418, ornate calligraphy, some light adhestion at the rim, Ext

QARAKHANID: Muhammad b. 'Ali, 1003-1024, AE fals (3.44g), al-Shash, DM, A-3308, Kochnev-473, with large fish swimming to the left in the center of the

QARAKHANID: Yusuf b. 'Abd Allah, 1004-1006 & 1012-1014, AE fals (3.37g), al-Shash, AH403, A-3306A, Kochnev-329, name Yusuf in 4-petal border, star abo

QARAKHANID: Yusuf b. 'Abd Allah, 1004-1006 & 1012-1014, AE fals (2.17g), al-Shash, AH(3)96, A-3306A, Kochnev-180, cat in obverse field, with name Yusu

QARAKHANID: Ahmad b. Muhammad, 1020, AE fals (1.66g) (Bukhara), AH411, A-3310, ruler entitled ahmad bin ilek, name of Nasr in Uighur below reverse, Ve

QARAKHANID: 'Ali b. al-Hasan, 1020-1025, AR dirham (3.85g), al-Shash, AH415, A-3345, Kochnev-636, without his name, only his title Ilek, unusually wel

QARAKHANID: 'Ali b. al-Hasan, 1020-1025, AR dirham, Khutlukh Urdu, AH425, A-3347, well struck, lovely! Extremely Fine.

QARAKHANID: al-'Abbas b. Muhammad, 1024-1042, AR dirham (3.77g) (Akhsikath?), AH416, A-3329, obverse as Kochnev-735 of Kasan mint, reverse as Kochnev-

QARAKHANID: Muhammad b. al-Hassan, 1024-1027, AR dirham (4.03g), Uzkand, AH431? A-3343, Kochnev —, date seems very likely, gorgeous calligraphy, much

QARAKHANID: Kuj-tegin, 1025-1034, AR dirham (3.52g) (Uzka)nd, AH416, A-3339, Kuchnev-664, with the title 'Adud al-Dawla, perhaps that of Kuj-tegin, pe

QARAKHANID: Sulayman b. Harun, 1025-1035, AE fals (3.49g), Uzkand, AH42x, A-B3357, citing his brother Yusuf as overlord, ornately engraved bow and arr

ZIYARID: Mardawij, 927-935, AV dinar (3.74g), Qumm, AH322, A-1530, with Arabic letter 'ayn to left of lillah atop the reverse field, with 3 small bank

BUWAYHID: 'Imad al-Din Abu Kalinjar, 1024-1048, AV dinar (4.17g), Suq al-Ahwaz, AH421, A-A1584, with titles malik al-muluk wa shahanshah, Extremely Fi

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 994-997, AV dinar (3.36g), Ghazna, AH414, A-1607, pleasing strike, attractive Very Fine, ex. William F. Spengler.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 994-997, AV dinar (2.40g), Ghazna, AH408, A-1607, pleasing strike, attractive Very Fine, ex. William F. Spengler.

GHAZNAVID: Sebuktekin, 977-997, AV dinar (2.17g), Herat, AH347, A-1596, citing the Samanid overlord, Nuh III b. Mahmud, About Very Fine, R, ex. Willia

GHAZNAVID: Nasr b.Sebuktekin, 1010-1022, AR broad dirham (4.60g), Sijistan, AH412, A-A1616, the local ruler cited as Nasr bin Nasir al-D, as the

GHAZNAVID: Muhammad, 1030, AV dinar (5.44g), Ghazna, AH419 (sic), A-1616, obverse citing Abu'l-Qasim, i.e., Muhammad's father Mahmud, without citing t

GHAZNAVID: Muhammad, as governor, ca. 1024-1030, AR dirham (4.33g), Jurzjan, AH614, A-1617A, rare mint in what is now northcentral Afghanistan, nice s

GHAZNAVID: Mas'ud I, 1030-1041, AV dinar (3.24g), Ghazna, AH431, A-1619, with zahiriya above reverse field, mint name weak but sufficiently clear, nic

GHAZNAVID: Mas'ud I, 1030-1041, AV dinar (3.62g), Ghazna, AH(42)8, A-1619, fancy naskhi script in the fields, some weakness, Very Fine, ex. William F.

GREAT SELJUQ: Chaghri Beg Da'ud, 1040-1061, BI dirham (3.88g), Balkh, AH440, A-1668, very clear mint & date, relatively fine silver, some weakness as

GREAT SELJUQ: Malikshah I, 1072-1092, AV pale dinar (5.37g) (Marw), AH(478), A-1675, brockage of the reverse, which is die-identical to the reverse of

GREAT SELJUQ: Malikshah I, 1072-1092, AV pale dinar (4.48g), Balkh, AH478, A-1675, clear mint & date, some weakness, Very Fine.

GREAT SELJUQ: Malikshah I, 1072-1092, AV pale dinar (5.58g), Balkh, AH478, A-1675, clear date, mint in marginal legend and above obverse field, slight

GREAT SELJUQ: Sanjar, 1118-1157, AV dinar (4.25g), Nishapur, AH512, A-1686, with caliph al-Mustazhir, pleasing Very Fine. The caliph al-Mustazhir da

GREAT SELJUQ: Anonymous, 12th century, AE Fals (2.22g), NM, ND, A- —, without mint, date or name or ruler or caliph, Very Fine, RR. The sole inscri

GREAT SELJUQ: Barkiyaruq, 1093-1105, AV dinar (2.71g), Madinat al-Salam, AH492, A-1682.1, Alptekin-139, lightly scratched below mint name, Very Fine.

KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, AR double dirham (6.21g), , ND, A-1714, longer inscription, four lines on either side, lovely strike, Very

AMIR OF WAKHSH: Abu Bakr b. Yaghrûsh, ca. 1200-1212, AV dinar (3.99g), Wakhsh, ND, A-B1754, mint name above obverse field, citing the Ghorid ru...

GHORID OF BAMIYAN: Baha al-Din Sam, 1192-1206, AV dinar (4.46g), Walwaliz, ND, A-1803, first dinar of this ruler reported from the mint of Walwaliz (W

ARTUQIDS OF AMID & KAYFA: Nur al-Din Muhammad, 1174-1185, AE dirham (12.89g), NM, AH571, A-1821.1, SS-9, winged angel facing, unusually well-struck ex

ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN: Alpi, 1152-1176, AE dirham (13.05g), NM, ND, A-1827.3, SS-28, two long-haired busts facing on obverse, Virgin crowning the Byzanti

ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN: Il-Ghazi II, 1176-1184, AE dirham (9.08g), NM, ND, A-1828.1, diademed head in square, decent strike, Very Fine.