Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 12

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV toman (3.32g), Tabriz, AH1271, A-2921, lovely strike, Extremely Fine.

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV toman (3.34g), Tabriz, AH1271, A-2921, tiny testmark from use in India, broad flan, Very Fine to Extremely Fin

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV toman (3.42g), Tabaristan, AH1273, A-2921, floral outer margin / 8-petal flower, small testmark from use in In

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV toman (3.40g), Mashhad-i Muqaddas, AH1279, A-2921, 8 stars in outer margin on both obverse & reverse, sm...

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV toman (3.42g), Tehran, AH1281, A-2921, one testmark from use in India, lovely well-centered strike, Extremely

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AR 2 qirans (9.72g), Tabriz, AH1293, A-2938J, with broad blank margins on carefully shaped planchets, Extremely F

GEORGIA: Giorgi III, 1156-1184, AE fals (2.6g), NM, ND, Kap-55, Georgian text around complex ornamental center on both sides, About Fine, R.

SHIRVAN: Qasim Khan, 1789-1794, AR abbasi (2.57g), Shimakhi, AH1204, A-2946, excellent strike for this type, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, R. The Russ

SHAYBANID: Muhammad Shaybani, 1500-1510, AR tanka (5.18g), Marw, ND, A-2978.2, bold mint, clearly undated, mint name near bottom rim on obverse, lovel

SHAYBANID: 'Abd Allah I, 1539-1540, AR tanka (4.59g), Balkh, AH947, A-2985, nice strike, clear mint & date, Very Fine, RR.

SHAYBANID: 'Abd Allah II, 1583-1598, AV ¼ mithqal (0.93g), NM, AH99x, A-2994, date must be either 992, 993 or 994, Extremely Fine, S. Beli...

JANID: 'Abd al-Mu'min Khan, 1747-1751, AV tilla (4.65g), NM, AH(116)2, A-3024, some weakness, as usual for the extremely rare tillas of this...

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AV mohur (10.82g), Shahjahanabad (Delhi), AH1174 year 13, A-3090, KM-765, nice strike, Very Fine, R.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AV mohur (10.87g), Shahjahanabad (Delhi), AH1174 year 14, A-3090, KM-765, superb strike, one of the finest I have seen

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AV mohur (10.98g), Mashhad, ND, A-3090, bold strike, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, S. Truly undated, not date off flan

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.50g), Mashhad, AH1181, A-3092, extremely rare date for Mashhad, superb Extremely Fine, RRR.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.46g), Multan, AH1167 year 7, A-3092, KM-643, superb strike, well centered, choice Extremely Fine to About

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.49g), Kabul, AH1170, A-3092, KM-423, Whitehead-180/181, one small testmark, superb bold strike, choice Ex

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.48g), Derajat, year 11, A-3092, KM-348.1, struck from very coarsely engraved dies, without the Hijri year

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.38g), Dera, year 7, A-3092, KM-A313, struck from very coarsely engraved dies, without the Hijri year, whi

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.47g), Dera, AH1167 year 7, A-3092, KM-A313, lovely Very Fine to Extremely Fine, R.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.45g), Kabul, AH(11)61 year one, A-3092, KM-423, Whitehead-176, with the mint epithet Dar al-Mulk, used by

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.18g), Sahrind, year 15, A-3092, KM-753, nice strike for this mint, Very Fine, RR.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.53g), Mashhad, AH(116)8 year 8, A-3092, KM-638, lovely strike, broad flan, choice Very Fine.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR nazarana rupee (9.13g), Shahjahanabad, AH1173 year 14, A-3092A, KM-764, an award medallic piece in honor of the bri

DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AV mohur (10.83g), Ahmadshahi, ND, A-3106, KM-136, bold strike, Extremely Fine.

DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AV mohur (10.86g), Herat, AH1214//1214, A-3106, KM-389, minor nick near the edge, otherwise lovely, bold strike, bold

DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee (11.52g), Peshawar, AH1216 year 8, A-3108A, KM-713, with extra poetic couplet around the obverse, mostly visi

DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee, Ahmadshahi, AH1207 year 12 (for 21), A-3108, KM-133 var., struck with a reused die of Taimur Shah with his r

DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee (10.92g), Derajat, AH1212, A-3108, KM-368, superb strike, with the Arabic word hu in the reverse center, Extr

DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee (11.36g), Mashhad, AH1214, A-3108, lovely strike, far nicer than usual, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR.

DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee (11.52g), Peshawar, AH1215 year 8, A-3108A, KM-713, with extra couplet around the obverse margin, almost comp

DURRANI: Shah Shuja' al-Mulk, 2nd reign, 1803-1809, AR rupee (11.44g), Peshawar, AH1218 year one (ahad), A-3122, KM-722, Whitehead-1009, with sh...

DURRANI: Qaisar Shah, 1807-1808, AR rupee (10.86g), Kashmir, AH1223 year 2, A-3125, KM-600, Very Fine, R.

DURRANI: Ayyub Shah, 1817-1829, AR rupee, Kashmir, AH1234 year 2, A-3135, KM-614, somewhat uneven strike, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR.

DURRANI: Ayyub Shah, 1817-1829, AR rupee (10.57g), Peshawar, AH1233 year one (ahad), A-3135B, bold Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR.

DURRANI: Ayyub Shah, 1817-1829, AE falus (11.49g) (Peshawar), AH1236, A-3136, ornate flowering plant on reverse, Very Fine, RR. Athough mint is off f

DURRANI: Ayyub Shah, 1817-1829, AE falus (11.98g), Peshawar, AH1237, A-3136, KM-930, lovely example of this crudely manufactured type, overstruck on a

DURRANI: Mahmud Shah, AR rupee (11.08g), Bahawalpur, AH1241 year "40", A-C3142, KM-263, struck by the local Nawab in the name of the Durra...

BARAKZAI: Habib Allah, 1824, AR rupee (10.41g), Kabul, AH1239, A-3137A, pleasing Very Fine, R.

BARAKZAI: Habib Allah, 1824, AR rupee (10.52g), Kabul, AH1239 year one, A-3137A, lovely strike, bold Very Fine.

DURRANI: temp. Sherdil Khan, 1824-1240, BI rupee (10.16g), Ahmadshahi, AH1239, A-A3138, KM-165, obverse bearing the short inscription, ya shah-e ghout

BARAKZAI: Sultan Muhammad, 1831-1834, AR rupee (9.18g), Peshawar, AH1247, A-3159, KM-739, lovely strike, broad flan, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.

BARAKZAI: Muhammad Akbar, 1842-1843, AR rupee (9.23g), Kabul, AH1258, A-3161, Very Fine, R.

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. late 18th century, AE falus (4.61g), Dezful, ND, A-3226, floral design, minimal weakness, decent strike, Very Fine, R. T

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. late 18th century, AE falus (7.34g), Dezful, ND, A-3226, floral design, very nice strike, with mint name text fully legib

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. 1850s-1870s, AE falus (7.52g), Ghaznayn, AH12xx, A-3231, pentagram obverse, overstruck on unidentifiable host, `, Very Fi

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, AE falus (14.38g), Herat, AH1129, A-3235, lion facing left, sun behind, Fine, R.

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, 17th century, AE ½ dam (9.94g), Kabul, ND, A-3239A, overstruck on undetermined host, perhaps early Safavid copper coin...

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, 18th century, AE falus (17.48g), Mashhad, ND, A-3249, lion pacing left, tail lifted up, sun behind, Very Fine. The mint name

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. 1830s, AE falus (10.39g), Peshawar, ND, A-A3253, KM-83var, overstruck on what appears to be a copper coin of Kabul dated

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. 1878-1879, AE falus (4.84g), Qandahar, ND, A-3253, KM-94, struck during the British occupation of Qandahar during the Sec

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. 1700, AE falus (9.18g), Qandahar, ND, A-3253, two fish chasing each other around a star, struck on a folded piece of copp

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, AE falus (8.63g), Qandahar, AH1048, A-3253, text only, both sides, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. 1630s, AE falus (9.05g), Qandahar, AH1030 or 1040, A-3253, Va-3var, obverse inscribed ravan shod, "it is current&q...

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. 1810s-1820s, AE falus (15.80g), Rasht, ND, A-3257, Rabino-73, inscriptions only, ya khayr al-rafiqin ("Oh the best...

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. 1820s, AE falus (8.03g), Rasht, ND, A-3257, lion & sun left / zarb-e rasht written with letters facing various dire...

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, 1823-1824, AE falus (2.95g), Tabriz, AH1239, A-3267.1, Va-121var, sunface, surrounded by ornate floral border, choice Very Fi

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, AR falus (18.99g), Tehran, AH1134 or 1143, A-3269, Va-126, lion attacking a deer or ibex in the forest, superb strike, Very F

WARRING STATES: States of Liang, 400-300 BC, AE spade money, H-3.10, flat handled spade, an yi yi jin in archaic script, Fine to Very Fine, R, ex. Mar

WARRING STATES: States of Liang, 400-300 BC, AE spade money, H-3.10, flat handled spade, an yi yi jin in archaic script (very weak), Very Good to Fine

WARRING STATES: States of Liang, 400-300 BC, AE spade money, H-3.45, flat handled spade, liang zheng bi bai dang lie in archaic script, minor chips an

WARRING STATES: States of Liang, 400-300 BC, AE spade money, H-3.46, flat handled spade, liang zheng bi bai dang lie in archaic script, holed at top,

WARRING STATES: States of Liang, 400-300 BC, AE spade money, H-3.46, flat handled spade, liang zheng bi bai dang lie in archaic script, holed at top,

WARRING STATES: States of Liang, 400-300 BC, AE spade money, H-3.48, flat handled spade, liang zheng jin wu shi (er) dang lei in archaic script, a sup

WARRING STATES: States of Liang, 400-300 BC, AE spade money, H-3.48, flat-handled spade, liang zheng jin wu shi (er) dang lei in archaic script, light

WARRING STATES: Anonymous, 350-250 BC, AE spade money, H-3.482, round foot spade, lin in arcahic script on obverse, lovely quality for type, Very Fine

WARRING STATES: Anonymous, 350-250 BC, AE spade money, H-3.482, round foot spade, lin in arcahic script on obverse, Very Good to Fine, RR, ex. Mark W.

WARRING STATES: State of Qi, 400-220 BC, AE knife money, H-4.5, four-character knife, qi zhi fa huo ("the authorized genuine currency of Qi&quo...

WARRING STATES: State of Qi, 400-220 BC, AE knife money, H-4.6i, three-character knife, qi fa huo (the authorized currency of Qi) in archaic script on

WARRING STATES: State of Qi, 400-220 BC, AE knife money, H-4.6f, three-character knife, qi fa huo ("the authorized currency of Qi") in arc...

WARRING STATES: State of Qi, 400-220 BC, AE knife money, H-4.6, three-character knife, qi fa huo ("the authorized currency of Qi") in arch...

WARRING STATES: State of Liang, 350-220 BC, AE cash, H-6.1, archaic character gong, heavy original patination, crude Very Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Coll

WARRING STATES: State of Liang, 350-220 BC, AE cash, H-6.3, archaic character yuan, crude Fine to Very Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

WARRING STATES: State of Liang, 350-220 BC, AE cash, H-6.3, archaic character yuan, heavy original patination, crude Very Good to Fine, ex. Mark W. Br

WARRING STATES: Anonymous, 350-220 BC, AE cash, H-—, Cool-9007, archaic character ping bei, heavy patination, crude Fine to Very Fine, ex. Mark W. Bro

HSIN: Wang Mang, 7-22 AD, AE spade money, H-9.29, da bu heng qian (value 1000), cast from 10-14 AD, Very Fine.

HSIN: Wang Mang, 7-23 AD, AE spade money, H-9.29, da bu heng qian (value 1000), Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

T'ANG: Shun Tian, rebel, 758-761, AE 100 cash, H-14.147, crescent above on reverse, Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection. A similar example sold ...

LIAO: Da An, 1085-1094, AE cash, H-18.17, lovely quality for type, Very Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection. All coins of the Liao dynasty have become

CHIN: Tai He, 1204-1209, AE 10 cash, H-18.63, seal script, old scratch on reverse, Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

YUAN: Da Yuan, 1310-1311, AE 10 cash, H-19.46, ta üen tung baw in Mongol 'Phags-pa script, Very Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

YUAN: Da Yuan, 1310-1311, AE 10 cash, H-19.46, ta üen tung baw in Mongol 'Phags-pa script, Fine to Very Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

YUAN: Da Yuan, 1310-1311, AE 10 cash, H-19.46, ta üen tung baw in Mongol 'Phags-pa script, Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

YUAN: Da Yuan, 1310-1311, AE 10 cash, H-19.46, ta üen tung baw in Mongol 'Phags-pa script, old obverse scratch, Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Col...

MING: Da Zhong, 1361-1368, AE 10 cash, H-20.45, shih (ten) above on reverse, superb quality for type, choice Very Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

MING: Da Zhong, 1361-1368, AE 10 cash, Jinan mint, Shandong Province, H-20.54, shih below and ji above on reverse, Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

MING: Zheng De, 1505-1521, AE charm, CCH-381, dragon & phoenix on reverse, likely produced in the late Qing Dynasty or early Min Guo period, Fin...

MING: Zheng De, 1505-1521, AE charm, CCH-381 (Vol 2), dragon & phoenix on reverse, likely produced in the Qing Dynasty, Fine. The symbol of the ...

MING: Tian Qi, 1621-1627, AE 10 cash, H-20.229, shih above and yi liang to left on reverse, Very Fine, ex. Mark W. Brown Collection.

MING REBELS: Zhao Wu, 1678, AE 10 cash, H-21.111, written in seal script, yi fen (one fen [in silver])either side on reverse, a particularly lovely ex

CH'ING: Qian Long, 1736-1795, AE charm, Jiangsu Province, CCH-399, dragon & phoenix on reverse, Fine. The symbol of the dragon is used to re...

CH'ING: Qian Long, 1736-1795, AE charm, Jiangsu Province, CCH-394, dragon & phoenix on reverse, choice Very Fine. The symbol of the dragon i...

CH'ING: Dao Guang, 1820-1851, AE charm (38 x 73 mm), reverse cites both Dao Guang and Jai Qing (1796-1820), with the text tian xia tai ping on t...

CH'ING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 500 cash, Board of Revenue mint, Peking, H-22.712, cast from March to August in 1854, Very Fine, R, ex. Mark W....

CH'ING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 10 cash, Fujian Province, H-22.780, Cr-10-6, lovely original chocolate brown patina, Very Fine.

CH'ING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash, Fuzhou mint, Fujian Province, H-22.782, cast 1853-55, choice Very Fine, S.

CH'ING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 10 cash, Fujian Province, H-22.793, Cr-10-8, with wu qian ji zhong ("five qian calculated weight") on...

CH'ING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 20 cash, Fuzhou mint, Fujian Province, H-22.794, yi liang ji zhong incuse on reverse rim, cast 1853-55, choice ...

CH'ING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 100 cash, Kaifeng mint, Henan Province, H-22.848, cast 1854-55, crude Very Fine to Extremely Fine, ex. Mark W. ...