Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 19

Auction Details

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014
Session A
09:00 PDT Lots 1 – 409
[Break 13:00-14:00 PDT]
Session B
14:00 PDT Lots 410– 917
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014
Session C
09:00 PDT Lots 918 – 1425
[Break 14:00-15:00 PDT]
Session D
15:00 PDT Lots 1426 – 1932
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014
Session E
09:00 PDT Lots 1933 – 2441
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (4.04g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen)121ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (4.04g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen)
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (4.04g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen), A-1, lovely EF, S. The first Islamic silver coin.
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for 260.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (3.99g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen)122ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (3.99g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen)
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (3.99g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen), A-1, VF to EF, S. The first Islamic silver coin.
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold for 250.95
ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.72g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen)123ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.72g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen)
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.72g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-8, VF.
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for 119.50
ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (2.98g), KWAT (Karzi in Fars province), AH52124ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (2.98g), KWAT (Karzi in Fars province), AH52
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (2.98g), KWAT (Karzi in Fars province), AH52, A-8, very rare mint, clipped down to post-reform
Estimate : 300.00 - 350.00
Sold for 520.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (2.97g), BH, AH61125ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (2.97g), BH, AH61
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (2.97g), BH, AH61, A-12, unidentified mint, probably in southern Iran, clipped down to ...
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold for 215.10
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.89g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60126ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.89g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.89g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60, A-16, VF.
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for 140.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.65g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60127ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.65g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.65g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60, A-16, clipped, Fine.
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for 80.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (4.00g), ST (Istakhr), AH63128ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (4.00g), ST (Istakhr), AH63
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (4.00g), ST (Istakhr), AH63, A-16, Pahlavi letter P in ObQ1, three pellets flanking t...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.96g), MRWRWT (Marw-Rud), year 8129ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.96g), MRWRWT (Marw-Rud), year 8
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.96g), MRWRWT (Marw-Rud), year 8, A-18, finest style, clearly a regular Arab issue and not an
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold for 1,100.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.65g), MRW (Marw), AH63130ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.65g), MRW (Marw), AH63
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.65g), MRW (Marw), AH63, A-18, triplet of dots at 6:30h in reverse margin, countermark #39 in
Estimate : 175.00 - 225.00
Sold for 250.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, the Umayyad caliph, 685-705, AR drachm (3.79g), DA+P (Fasa),131ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, the Umayyad caliph, 685-705, AR drachm (3.79g), DA+P (Fasa),
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, the Umayyad caliph, 685-705, AR drachm (3.79g), DA+P (Fasa), YE60, A-32, pellet at 11h in reverse margin...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, 685-686, AR drachm (4.14g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67132ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, 685-686, AR drachm (4.14g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, 685-686, AR drachm (4.14g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67, A-20, with bism Allah / muhammad rasul Allah ...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for 340.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (2.35g), KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir)133ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (2.35g), KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir)
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (2.35g), KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir), A-28, with the formula bism Allah wali al-amr ( "...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for 150.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: Umayya b. Abd Allah, fl. 693-698, AR drachm (2.77g), BBA (the Court mint), AH77134ARAB-SASANIAN: Umayya b. Abd Allah, fl. 693-698, AR drachm (2.77g), BBA (the Court mint), AH77
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: Umayya b. Abd Allah, fl. 693-698, AR drachm (2.77g), BBA (the Court mint), AH77, A-29, some light corrosion, bold strike, VF, RR.
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold for 358.50
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.02g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76135ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.02g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.02g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76, A-31, EF.
Estimate : 110.00 - 150.00
Sold for 107.55
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.01g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76136ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.01g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76
Stephen Album Rare Coins
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.01g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76, A-31, VF to EF.
Estimate : 100.00 - 140.00
Sold for 100.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (4.05g), SK (Sijistan), AH82137ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (4.05g), SK (Sijistan), AH82
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (4.05g), SK (Sijistan), AH82, A-38A, triplet of pellets after bism Allah, rabbi in...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold for 460.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz (0.86g), NM138ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz (0.86g), NM
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz (0.86g), NM, A-43B, Gys-85var, two facing Byzantine busts, cross between / cross-on-steps, completely
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for 460.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 680s-690s, AE pashiz (1.26g), Zavulistan, undated139ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 680s-690s, AE pashiz (1.26g), Zavulistan, undated
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 680s-690s, AE pashiz (1.26g), Zavulistan, undated, A-48I, Gys-116, royal bust right, with wings attached to the bottom o
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold for 300.00
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 720-740, AE fals (0.81g), NM, ND140ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 720-740, AE fals (0.81g), NM, ND
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 720-740, AE fals (0.81g), NM, ND, A-—, Gys—, stork standing towards the right, uncertain Pahlavi word above (perhaps APZ
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold for 1,100.00