Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 22

SAFAVID: Safi I, 1629-1642, AR shahi (1.94g), Urdu, AH1039, A-2640.1, bold strike, very rare mint, lovely VF to EF, RR.

SAFAVID: Safi I, 1629-1642, AR shahi (1.91g), Isfahan, AH1038, A-2640.3, type A, extremely rare type for this denomination, EF, RRR.

SAFAVID: Safi I, 1629-1642, AR shahi (1.87g), Isfahan, ND, A-2640.3, type A, extremely rare type for this denomination, choice EF, RRR.

SAFAVID: Sultan Husayn, 1694-1722, AR 5 shahi (8.58g), Tabriz, AH1129, A-2677.2, mint within a central cartouche in obverse center, EF.

SAFAVID: Isma'il III, 1750-1756, AR rupi (11.36g), Mazandaran, AH1167, A-2702, attractive toning, choice VF.

SAFAVID: LOT of 4 interesting silver coins: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576 (A-2596, shahi, 6.12g, NM ND, choice VF), Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588 (type B, A-

AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR rupi (11.42g), Tiflis, AH1152, A-2744.1, lovely strike, VF to EF, S.

ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AV ¼ mohur (2.80g), Qazwin, AH1173, A-2790, type B, lovely style, especially on the reverse, EF, RR.

ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AV ¼ mohur (2.70g), Yazd, AH1192, A-2791, type C, intricate reverse design, About Unc.

ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AV ¼ mohur (2.74g), Kashan, AH1190, A-2791, KM-525.2, attractive strike, EF.

QAJAR: Agha Muhammad Khan, 1779-1797, AV ¼ toman (2.82g), Kashan, ND, A-2835, type C, minor weakness, choice About Unc.

QAJAR: Agha Muhammad Khan, 1779-1797, AV ¼ mohur (2.82g), Astarabad, AH1198, A-2837, type A, lovely strike for this type, choice EF, R.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR ¼ riyal (2.55g), Tabriz, AH1225, A-2882A, type C, presentation issue, collared strike, carefully engra...

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR riyal (9.19g), Tabriz, AH1238, A-2886A, type D, presentation strike within collar, hand-cut oblique reeding...

SHIRVAN: Muhammad Sa'id Khan, 1763-1766, AR abbasi (4.40g), Shamakhi, AH1178, A-A2945, Shi'ite kalima obverse, nice strike, VF to EF, R.

SHIRVAN: Qasim Khan, 1789-1794, AR abbasi (1.88g), Shamakhi, AH1208, A-2946, date engraved as just "128", excellent strike for this series...

KHOQAND: Khudayar Khan, 1844-1858/1st reign, AE pul (3.01g), Khoqand, AH1269//1269, A-3062, decent strike for a copper pul, Fine to VF, R.

KHOQAND: Khudayar Khan, 1862-1863/2nd reign, AR tenga (2.77g), Dar al-Mulk Khoqand, AH1279, A-3069, lovely strike, VF, R.

KHWAREZM: Sayyid Muhammad Khan, 1856-1864, AR tenga (3.09g), Khwarizm, AH1280//1280, A-3086.2, lovely strike, VF.

MANGHIT OF BUKHARA: Haidar, 1800-1826, AR tenga (3.18g), NM, AH1225//1225, A-3031.4, mir haydar / amir al-mu'minin, narrow flan, said to have be...

ISLAMIC CENTRAL ASIA: LOT of 57 copper dangis, 15th-16th century, mostly mints of Bukhara and Samarqand, many with countermarks, mostly Fine but many

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.49g), Dera, AH1167 year 7, A-3092, KM-310, superb strike, EF to About Unc.

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee (11.37g), Shahjahanabad, AH1170 year 11, A-3092, struck during Ahmad Shah's first invasion of Delhi, bo...

DURRANI: Shah Shuja', 1803-1809/2nd reign, AE falus (9.05g), Balkh, AH1218, A-3124B, Zeno-3296, bold strike, some light porosity, VF, RRR.

DURRANI & BARAKZAY: LOT of 18 silver rupees: Durrani: Ahmad Shah (1 pc, Attock mint), Taimur Shah (1, Attock), Shah Shuja (2nd reign, 1, Kashmir...

DURRANI: LOT of 13 silver rupees of Ahmad Shah (A-3092), mints of Attock (3 pcs, including one countermarked), Bareli (2), Bhakhar (1), Dera (1), Dera

CIVIC COPPER: AE falus (3.52g), Khanabad, AH1301//1301, A-3242, KM-80, falus & date on obverse, mint & date on reverse, VF, R. The first ...

CIVIC COPPER: AE falus, Qandahar, AH129(6), A-3253, KM-94, VF. Struck during the second Anglo-Afghan War (British occupation of Qandahar from AH 129

CIVIC COPPER: LOT of 13 copper falus, nearly all of Qandahar mint, mostly 17th and early 18th century, a few later, some made on folded-over copper bl

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 50 silver dirhams, including 1 Saffarid (dated 283), 25 Buwayhid (all of 'Ali b. Buwayh, probably only Shiraz mint), 9 ...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 3 interesting Islamic coins: Abbasid, copper fals, 1.97g (anonymous, A-327, Jurjan, AH147, Fine), Great Seljuq, pale gold din

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 63 copper coins, 13th-19th century, including Ghorid, Safavid, Ottoman (mostly akçes), Rasulid, Ilkhan, Timurid, even ...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 214 miscellaneous Islamic silver coins, from Umayyad and Abbasid to Durrani and Qajar, largest group probably Timurid, even a

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 190 miscellaneous Islamic small silver coins, mostly Ayyubid and Mamluk (the latter mostly Qansuh al-Ghuri), but also many ot

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 142 miscellaneous Islamic silver coins, mostly Mamluk (14th century) and Ottoman (mostly Süleyman I), but also a few o...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 36 silver coins: Umayyad (10 pcs), Abbasid (6), Khwarizmshah (1), Ghorid (1), Habbarid (7), Janid (2), Buwayhid (1), Timurid

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of about 295 low quality copper fulus, 8th-13th century, including Umayyad, Abbasid, Seljuq of Rum, Ayyubid, average VG, some be

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 73 copper fulus, 8th to 18th century, various types mainly from Central Asia, Khorasan and Sistan, mostly VG to Fine, some wi

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: AFGHAN region, LOT of 82 coins (44 copper, the rest silver or billon), various types, mostly struck in what is now Afghanistan or ne

WARRING STATES: State of Liang, 350-220 BC, AE cash (9.58g), H-6.1, archaic character gong, heavy original patination, crude Very Fine, crude VF. A

WARRING STATES: State of Liang, 350-220 BC, AE cash (9.26g), H-6.3, archaic yuan at right, with some encrustation, Fine to VF.

QIN: Anonymous, 300-200 BC, AE cash (9.41g), H-7.6, 36mm, ban liang in archaic script, VF.

QIUZI STATE: Anonymous, 5th-6th century, AE cash (1.02g), H-10.49, wu zhu, reverse in yet undeciphered Qiuzi script, Fine. Struck in or near Kucha i

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (41.28g), Nanchang mint, Jiangxi province, H-22.931, 51mm, cast 1855-1860, bold VF. Photo size slightly reduc

QING: Xian Feng, 1851-1861, AE 50 cash (39g), Chengdu mint, Sichuan province, H-22.980, 49mm, cast 1854-1855, VF. Photo size slightly reduced.

QING: AR cash, (5.55g), 22.75mm, possible palace cash issue with lovely hand engraved legends and borders, tian xia tai ping (heaven below great peace

QING: AE charm, CCH-451v, 42mm, zhou yuan tong bao (Zhou first currency), imitating, but in very different style, the reign title of the Later Zhou dy

QING: AE charm, CCH-979v, 54mm, wu ri wu shi (Noon of the Fifth Day) / the "five poisons" consisting of the snake, scorpion, centipede, to...

QING: AE charm, CCH-2603v, 48mm, crane & rabbit handing charm, holed as made. The crane is believed by the Chinese to live to a very old age a...

QING: AE charm, 43mm, two rabbits either side, openwork charm. This type appears unpublished.

CHINA: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR dollar, ND (1908), Y-14, L&M-11, NGC graded EF45.

CHINA: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, silvered AE medal, 1896, L&M-935, on the visit of the Chinese viceroy Li Huang Chang (1822-1901) to the mint in Ham...

CHINA: AR dollar, ND (1927), Y-318a, L&M-60, Memento type, bust of Sun Yat Sen left, error in the legend, both F's missing bottom stroke and...

CHINA: AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-329, L&M-63, Yuan Shih-Kai, lovely toning, PCGS graded MS63.

CHINA: AE medal, year 32 (1943), KM-X830, CCC-728, Kweilin (Guilin) mint issue, commemorates the fifth anniversary of the Kweilin mint, lion holding g

CHINA: LOT of 6 silver and 1 copper coins: Fukien, Y-97, 10 cash copper, Fine, Kwang-Tung, Y-201, 20 cents, VF, and Y-423, 20 cents, year 11, VF, Sink

CHINA: LOT of 433 machine-struck copper 10 cash pieces, including 299 Imperial and 134 Republic, a great variety of different types and varieties, nat

FENGTIEN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AE 10 cash, Y-81, CCC-319, Duan-3893, environmental damage, NGC graded EF details.

FUKIEN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AE 10 cash, ND (1901-05), Y-100.2, 3 clouds / cloud above tail, PCGS graded MS62 BR.

HUNAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AE 10 cash, ND (1904-06), Y-113a, brass type, NGC graded AU58.

HUPEH: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AE cash, CD1906, Y-121, superb quality example, NGC graded MS64 RB.

KIANGNAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AE 10 cash, CD1906, Y-140.2, NGC graded MS62 BR.

KIANGNAN: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR dollar, CD1901, Y-145a.2, L&M-217, a few small scratches, small retrograde "2" in obverse field, Go...

KIRIN: Hsuan Tung, 1909-1911, AE 20 cash, CD1909, Y-21p, Chinese character for the mint in obverse center, VF, R.

KWANGSI: AR 20 cents, year 15 of the Republic, Y-415b, Unc.

KWANGTUNG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR tael, ND, Kann-932 var, double dragon type, many varieties exist and this has very different flaming pearl and dra

SHANTUNG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AE10 cash, ND (1904-05), Y-221, surface hairlines, much red original luster, NGC graded About Unc details.

SINKIANG: Yakub Beg, 1865-1877, AV tilla (3.54g), Kashgar, AH"12", Cr-37.3, A-O3090, in the name of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II, kno...

SINKIANG: Kuang Hsu, 1875-1908, AR ½ mithqal (1.38g), Kuche, year 4, Y-A7.2, reverse text törtönji yili ("fourth year"), l...

SINKIANG: Hsuan Tung, 1909-1911, AR 4 miscals, ND (1910), Y-5, L&M-821, mount well removed, VF details.

SINKIANG: AE 10 cash (13.53g), Kashgar, CD1928, Y-B38c.1, reverse has character jih in solid sunburst, VF to EF, RR.

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF EAST TURKESTAN: Hoja Niyaz Haji, 1933-1934, AR miscal, Kashgar, AH1352, Y-E39, L&M-775A, 8-pointed star & crescent with ...

SZECHUAN: AE 50 cash, year 15 (1926), Y-462, VF to EF.

UIGHURISTAN: AE 10 cash, Kashgar, AH1352, Y-D38.3, usual weakness, Fine, R.

YUNNAN: AR 5 tael sycee (185g), Cribb-LXVI-980, 60mm x 38mm, sanchuo jieding "packsaddle" type of fangbianding ingot, qing yuan long hui h...

YUNNAN: AR 5 tael sycee (195g), BMC-Class LXVI P2, Yunnan Sanchuo Jieding, Provincial Three-Stamp Remittance Bank Ingot, "packsaddle " typ...

EAST HOPEI: AE fen, year 26 (1937), Y-517, Unc.

CHINESE SOVIET REPUBLIC: AE 5 cents, ND (1932), Y-507, issue of the Kiangsi Soviet, reeded edge, short stems, no dots, original striking, VF.

CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): 8-coin proof set, 1981, KM-PS7, comprised of seven regular issue coins, 1, 2, 5 fen, 1, 2, 5 jiao and 1 Yuan, and a c...

HONG KONG: AR dollar, 1868, KM-10, VF to EF.

HONG KONG & INDIA: LOT of 8 coins (silver unless otherwise noted): Hong Kong, KM-6.3, 10 cents, 1893, EF, KM-7, 20 cents, 1892, VG, and KM-9, 50...

KIAUCHAU: 5 cents, 1909, KM-1, J-729, German colony, Almost Unc to Unc.

KIAUCHAU: 5 cents, 1909, KM-1, J-729, German colony, VF to EF.

TIBET: AR rupee, ND (1902-11), Y-3.1, EF.

TIBET: AR rupee, ND (1911-16, 1930-33), Y-3.2, EF.

TIBET: Hsuan Tung, 1909-1911, AR srang, year 1 (1909), Y-9, mount removed, bold VF.

ANCIENT INDIA: AR ½ karshapana (1.93g), ca. 6th-5th century BC, four symbols: sun, six-armed symbol, bird, taurine, about 4 stamps on reverse,...

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MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.45g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-48, Ra-112, including sun, 8-pellet rosette, wheel-in-square, quadripartite square with 4 internal

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.38g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-49, Ra-113, including sun, annulet between 2 taurines, wheel-in-square, quadripartite square with 4

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.45g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-119, Ra-181, including sun, bow-and-arrow, elephant, large taurine, and 6-armed symbol, VF to EF.

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.03g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-124, Ra-186, including sun, bow-and-arrow, dot above crescent, pellet between 2 taurines, and 6-arm

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.04g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-126, Ra-188, including sun, bow-and-arrow, dot above crescent, and 6-armed symbol, and 5 pellets in

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.38g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-183, Ra-249, including sun, 6-armed symbol, bird-in-square, "rocking chair" with forked...

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.39g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-196, Ra-262, including sun, 6-armed symbol, elephant, humped bull, and huge square between 4 symbol

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.33g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-252, Ra-318, including sun, 6-armed symbol, complex wheel, annulet between 2 taurines, and turtle,

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.19g), ca. 500-430 BC, GH-259, Ra-—, including sun, 6-armed symbol, annulet between 2 taurines, plain quadripartite square, a

MAGADHA: AR karshapana (3.28g), ca. 430-400 BC, GH-299, Ra-358, including sun, 6-armed symbol, tree with 2 taurines, and two additional obscure symbol

MAGADHA: LOT of 6 different AR karshapanas, ca. 500-400 BC, Gupta & Hardaker #48, 61, 176, 196, 233 and 258, many interesting symbols, all VF or...

MAGADHA: LOT of 6 different AR karshapanas, ca. 500-400 BC, Gupta & Hardaker #48, 82, 183, 197, 252, and 258, many interesting symbols, all VF o...