Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 28

SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AV donative dinar (4.53g), Nishapur, AH304, A-1449D, Bernardi-269Pj, ruler's name in the naskhi script, one of the ea...

SAMANID: Ahmad b. Sahl, rebel, 915-920, AR dirham (2.82g), Balkh, AH303, A-B1453, very rare mint for Ahmad b. Sahl, superb strike, EF.

SAMANID: Nuh II, 943-954, AV dinar (4.95g), Nishapur, AH336, A-1454, citing the caliph al-Mustakfi, attractive VF.

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AV dinar (3.86g), Nishapur, AH356, A-1464, citing the caliph al-Muti', some weakness near the rims, EF.

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AV dinar (3.70g), Herat, AH361, A-1464, citing al-Wali Muhammad in the obverse field, VF.

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AR multiple dirham (11.88g), uncertain mint, ND, A-1465, citing al-Husayn b. …, with mint name that appears to be poorly e

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AV dinar (4.35g), Nishapur, AH369, A-1468, citing Nasir al-Dawla, VF.

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AR multiple dirham (8.83g), NM, ND, A-1469.1, muling of so-called Nuh II (b. Nasr) obverse and Nuh III reverse, EF, R.

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AR multiple dirham (10.21g), NM, AH363 (sic), A-1469.2, muling of so-called Nuh II (b. Nasr) obverse and Nuh III reverse, t

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AR multiple dirham (7.84g), Warwarliz, ND, A-1469.1var, obverse marginal legend bism Allah / duriba hadha / al-dirham / bi-

SAMANID: Isma'il II, 1000-1004, AV dinar (3.59g), Nishapur, AH391, A-1476C, minor weakness towards the rim, VF, RR. Isma'il II was the la...

SAMANID:LOT of 5 high-quality dirhams: Nasr II, 914-943, type A-1451, Balkh AH324 (citing Yusuf); and Nuh III, 976-997, type A-1470: Bukhara AH376, Sa

SAMANID:LOT of 4 better silver dirhams: Samanid: al-Shash 282 (with city name Binkath in obverse field, lovely VF-EF), and Amul 355 (EF, about 25% fla

SAMANID:LOT of 6 silver dirhams: Samanid: Nasr II, A-1451, Andaraba 310 (2 pcs), and Ma'dan 306; and Ahmad b. Sahl, A-B1453, Banjhir 303, and Ba...

SAJID: al-Fath b. al-Afshin, 927-929, AV dinar (3.97g), Ardabil, AH316, A-A1480, Vardanyan-89, Bernardi 253Ka, citing the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir,

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AR dirham (2.86g), Uzkand, AH394, A-3302, Kochnev-113, with title ilek, VF, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.

QARAKHANID: Ahmad b. 'Ali, 994-1016, AR dirham (2.97g), Balasaghun, AH404, A-3304, bold mint & date, minor central weakness, EF, ex Hans Mon...

QARAKHANID: Ahmad b. 'Ali, 994-1016, AR dirham (3.36g), Quz Urdu, AH401, A-3304, clear mint & date, EF to About Unc, ex Hans Mondorf Collect...

QARAKHANID: Ahmad b. Nasr, 999-1014, AR dirham (2.61g), Isbijab, AH397, A-3318, mentioned only with his title Mu'izz al-Dawla, also citing Ahmad...

QARAKHANID: Muhammad b. 'Ali, 1003-1024, AR dirham (1.90g), Taraz, AH407, A-3307, cited only as Arslan Khan Ilek, choice VF, ex Hans Mondorf Col...

QARAKHANID: Muhammad b. 'Ali, 1003-1024, AR dirham (2.11g), Taraz, AH404, A-3307, with title Sanâ al-Dawla Yinal-Tegin, Fine, ex Hans Mondo...

QARAKHANID: Yusuf b. Harun, 1005-1032, AR dirham (3.83g), Kashghar, AH410, A-3355, with the name Yusuf in Uighur script below the reverse field, Fine,

QARAKHANID: Mansur b. 'Ali, 1013-1024, AR dirham (3.36g), Quz Urdu, AH407, A-3312, with the titles Nur al-Dawla Arslan Khan, VF, ex Hans Mondorf...

QARAKHANID: Sulayman b. Yusuf, 1031-1056, AR dirham (3.66g), Kashghar, AH428, A-3359, decent strike, VF.

QARAKHANID:LOT of 3 silver dirhams: A-3333: Nizam al-Dawla, Samarqand 403 (EF); and A-3302: Nasr b. 'Ali, Uzkand 398 (choice VF), and Akhsikath ...

QARAKHANID:LOT of 23 copper & 5 silver coins, from the following mints: Copper: Ferghana (4 pcs), Ilaq (9), Khujand (1), Rasht (1), Saghaniyan (...

BAVANDID OF TABARISTAN: Rustam b. Sharwin, 964-980, AR dirham (6.66g), Firrim, AH365, A-1524, with the name rustam in small letters above the obverse

BAVANDID OF TABARISTAN: Shahriyar b. Qarin, 1073-1111, AV dinar (1.26g), Sariya, AH504, A-1526.1, citing the Great Seljuq overlord Ghiyath al-Din Muha

ZIYARID: Shams al-Ma'ali Qabus, 978-982, AR dirham (2.16g), Astarabad, AH368, A-1535, citing Buwayhid overlord 'Adud al-Dawla, VF.

BUWAYHID: Rukn al-Dawla al-Hasan, ca. 943-944, AV dinar (4.67g), Mah al-Kufa, AH337, A-1546, Treadwell-Mk337G, citing the chief amir, 'Imad al-D...

BUWAYHID: Sharaf al-Dawla Abu'l-Fawaris Shirdhil, 972-983, AV dinar (3.89g), 'Uman, AH(37)5, A-V1565, ruler cited as abu'l-fawaris bin &...

BUWAYHID:LOT of 14 Buwayhid and 1 Samanid dirhams: Amul 369 and 372, Arrajan 38x, Astarabad 370, Hamadan 356, Isbahan 358, Jurjan 369 and 379, Madinat

GHAZNAVID: Balkatekin, 966-973, AE fals (2.97g), NM, ND, A-1595, obverse text mamma / amara bihi / balkatekin / (floral symbol), Fine, RR.

GHAZNAVID: Sebuktekin, 977-997, AV dinar (4.22g), Herat, AH384, A-1596, citing the Samanid overlord Nuh b. Mansur, about 10% flat strike, VF, R, ex Ha

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.00g), Nishapur, AH397, A-1606, citing the caliph al-Qadir, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.43g), Nishapur, AH406, A-1606, long flan crack, VF, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.17g), Ghazna, AH407, A-1607, some weakness near the rim, VF, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (3.89g), Ghazna, AH408, A-1607, decent strike, bold VF, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.73g), Nishapur, AH423 (sic), A-1606, posthumous issue (Mahmud died in 421), cited only as Mahmud, without any

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR broad dirham (3.40g), Sijistan, AH392, A-1611.1, full bold mint & date, struck during the year of Ghaznavid conq...

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR broad dirham (3.56g), Bust, AH421, A-1611.1, month of Safar, 2 flan-cracks (from production), choice VF, RRR. This

GHAZNAVID: Muhammad, 1030, AV dinar (3.54g), Ghazna, AH419 (sic), A-1616, apparently the muling of an old obverse die of Mahmud with a reverse die of

GHAZNAVID: Mas'ud I, 1030-1041, AR double dirham (7.38g), al-Yun, DM, A-1621C, mint reading tentative, but very likely, a district in Badakhshan...

GHAZNAVID: 'Abd al-Rashid, 1049-1052, AV dinar (4.33g), Ghazna, AH440, A-1629, fully clear mint & date, VF, R, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.

GHAZNAVID: Farrukhzad, 1053-1059, AV dinar (4.42g), Ghazna, AH448, A-1633, legible mint & date, Fine, R, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.

GHAZNAVID:LOT of 55 silver & billon dirhams from Mahmud to Ibrahim, common pieces, mostly Ghazna mint types, but also a few from Balkh and Nisha...

GHAZNAVID:LOT of 67 coins: Ghaznavids: mainly Lahore mint, including 1 example of the bilingual type of Mahmud, 8 billon and 20 copper jitals, unident

GREAT SELJUQ: Tughril Beg, 1038-1063, AV dinar (3.16g), al-Rayy, AH440, A-1665, clear mint & date, usual central weakness for this mint, VF, ex ...

GREAT SELJUQ: Tughril Beg, 1038-1063, AV dinar (4.28g), Nishapur, AH449, A-1665, bold mint & date, EF, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.

GREAT SELJUQ: Tughril Beg, 1038-1063, AV dinar (3.03g), Nishapur, AH45x, A-1665, VF, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.