Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 15

TAHIRIDS: Tahir I, 821-822, AR dirham (2.94g), Herat, AH206, A-1391A, citing al-Shukr b. Ibrahim, who has never been identified, but was probably loca

DULAFID: Ahmad b. 'Abd al-'Aziz, 879-893, AR dirham (3.08g), Shiraz, AH270, A-1398, citing the Abbasid heir-apparent al-Muwaffaq and the viz...

SAFFARID: 'Amr b. al-Layth, 879-901, AR dirham (3.72g), Nishapur, AH269, A-1402A, citing the local governor Mansur, also the caliphal heir-appar...

SAFFARID: Tahir b. Muhammad, 901-908, AR dirham (3.62g), Shiraz, AH289, A-1404, caliph al-Muktafi, minor weakness of strike, nice EF.

SAFFARID: al-Husayn b. Tahir, 3rd reign, 980-982+, AV fractional dinar (1.50g) (Sijistan), DM, A-1419.2, citing the Samanid ruler Nuh III (nuh bin man

LAWIKS of Ghazna & Gardez: temp. Aflah, 870s, AE fals (1.62g), NM, ND, A-F1433, unknown type, clearly derived from the Hindushahi copper coins w...

BANIJURID: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya, 909-910, AR dirham (2.97g), Andaraba, blundered date, A-1436, date appears to be 297 recut over 296, of which o

BANIJURID: Maktum b. Harb, fl. 958-975+, AR dirham (3.36g) (Andaraba), date unclear, A-L1438, citing the Samanid 'Abd al-Malik I (AH343-350) as ...

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

BANIJURID: Sahlan b. Maktum, fl. 974-988, AR regular dirham (3.76g), Andaraba, AH363, A-1439, citing the Samanid ruler Nuh III as overlord and the Sam

AMIR OF AL-KHUTTAL: Harith, 1030s, AR dirham (5.09g), Khuttalân, undated, A-D1440, hârith added later, same dies as SNAT #1191, citing the...

SAMANID: Nuh I, 819-841, AE fals (2.32g), Binkath, AH214, A-M1440, bold strike, rarely seen in this quality, perhaps the finest known, EF, RR.

SAMANID: Nasr I, 864-892, AE fals (2.85g), Samarqand, AH245, A-1441, no longer so rare, but this type is rarely seen in this quality, evenly strike, V

SAMANID: Isma'il I, 892-907, AR dirham (2.81g), Andaraba, AH293, A-1443, Samanid ruler's name below reverse, caliph al-Muktafi below obverse...

SAMANID: Isma'il I, 892-907, AE fals (2.64g), al-Shash, AH280, A-1444, ruler cited as al-amir isma'il a'azzahu Allah, without the patron...

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AR multiple dirham, [Ma'dan], ND, A-1450, SNAT-384 (same dies), 6.02g, 'ayyâr / khayr in obverse margin, has...

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AR dirham (3.25g), Samarqand, AH316, A-1451, superb strike, amongst the finest known, About Unc.

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AR dirham (4.05g), Andaraba, ND, A-1451, broad flan with full outer margin on both sides, superb strike, EF to About Unc. B

SAMANID: Nasr II b. Ahmad, 914-943, AR dirham (3.44g), Ma'dan, AH302, A-1451, bold strike, choice VF, RR.

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AE fals (3.61g), Nawkat-Ilaq, AH312, A-1452, mint name Ilaq repeated atop obverse field, pierced, superb strike, lovely EF,