Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 33 | January 17-19, 2019

HEPHTHALITE: Anonymous, ca. 500-550, AR drachm (3.99g), G-pre-287, local issue imitating the drachm of the Sasanian Peroz (457-484), with 4 large pell

WESTERN TURKS: Western Turks, ca. 6th century, AE fraction (0.88g), G-E6, Vondrovec-313A, bust right, with three-crescent crown, pennant before // fir

WESTERN TURKS: Anonymous, ca. 6th-7th century, AE unit (2.56g), G-—, Vondrovec-331, Zeno-212378 (this piece), lion (or panther) moving right // tamgha

NORTHERN TOKHARISTAN: Kobadien, 6th century, AR drachm (2.73g), cf. Zeno-138259, style derived from the Sasanian drachm of Peroz (457-484) with two ta

NORTHERN TOKHARISTAN: Kobadien, 6th century, AR drachm (3.17g), cf. Zeno-138259, style derived from the Sasanian drachm of Peroz (457-484) with two ta

HEPHTHALITE: LOT of 2 debased silver drachms of Nezak Malka, king's bust, with bull-head crown // Sasanian-style fire-altar & 2 attendants, ...

SAMARKAND: Anonymous, ca. 2nd-4th century, AR obol (0.70g), Alram-1252, bust left, dervied from Antiochus of Baktria, crude Greek legend around // arc

SAMARKAND: Anonymous, ca. 2nd-4th century, AR obol (0.70g), Zeno-141980 (this piece), Alram-1252, circular legend // archer with quiver, holding large

SAMARKAND: Tarkhun, ca. 700-710, AE cash (2.65g), Smirnova-215, cf. Zeno-46923, minor porosity, F-VF.

SEMIRECH'E: Tukhus, 8th century, AE cash (2.28g), Kam-39, Zeno-152387, Sogdian legends both sides, citing Tukhus on obverse, the name ogitmish a...

SEMIRECH'E: Arslanid, Kul Erkin, 8th century, AE cash (5.59g), cf. Zeno-5956, Sogdian legend // Turkic runic symbols for R and T, lovely example...

SEMIRECH'E: Arslanid, Inal Tegin, 8th century, AE cash (4.29g), Zeno-5955 (this piece), Sogdian legend // Turkic runic symbols for R and Sogdian...

SEMIRECH'E: Arslan Bilge Kaghan, ca. 8th century, AE cash (3.18g), Kam-48, cf. Zeno-22477, issued by the Arslanid branch of the Qarluq tribe: So...

SEMIRECH'E: Inal-Tegin, mid-8th century, AE cash (3.04g), Kam-34, Zeno-123063, name of ruler in distorted Sogdian script // runic letter P plus ...

SOGDIANA: "Khono", late 5th Century, AR drachm (2.87g), Chaghanian region, Kuznetsov-13, counterstamped Baktrian "khono" and tam...

SOGDIANA: Anonymous, late 7th Century, AR drachm (2.54g), Chaghanian region, Rtveladze-45, Khusraw I type, plain crescent right of brow, 1 pellet behi

SOGDIANA: Anonymous, 7th century, AR drachm (2.73g), Chaghanian region, Rtveladze 45, Khusraw I type (no text, star & crescent right // star lef...

CENTRAL ASIA: ca. 6th-8th century, AV burial token (1.15g), uniface burial piece derived from a gold solidus of the late Roman emperor Leo I (457-474)

CHACH: Anonymous, 7th-8th century, AE unit (1.62g), CH-37, Zeno-39570, lion right, uniface, nice example, VF-EF.

BUKHARA: Euthydemos imitation, ca. 2nd-1st century BC, AR tetradrachm (8.27g), Zeno-207546, diademed bust right // Herakles seated on rock, holding cl

BUKHARA: "Hyrkod", 1st-2nd century AD, AR hemidrachm (1.44g), cf. Zeno-164102, royal bust right, Greek letters behind // standing soldier,...

BUKHARA: Anonymous, ca. 640-708, AE cash (4.04g), cf. Zeno-1031, Tang dynasty Chinese legend, kai yuan tong bao, Bukhara tamgha to right on the revers

BUKHARA: Unknown ruler, ca. 6th-7th century, AE unit (0.92g), carefully engraved bust slight to the left, crowned, undeciphered Sogdian legend to left

PAIKEND: Anonymous, 7th century, AE cash (1.38g), Zeimal-15, cf. Zeno-20047, Bukhara tamgha left & right, Chinese character shi (ten) below, Sog...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (4.06g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen), A-1, first Islamic coin, distinguished from the last regular

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (3.95g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen), A-1, first Islamic coin, distinguished from the last regular

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.66g), AHM (Hamadan), YE25, A-4, VF-EF, R.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (4.06g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), YE29, A-4, lightly cleaned, bold EF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.76g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), YE29, A-4, VF-EF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.97g), BYSh (Bishapur), YE25, A-4, pellet after bism Allah in obverse margin, followed by a larg

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.46g), DA (Darabjird), YE25, A-4, without the pair of triplets of pellets flanking the bottom ob

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.72g), PL (probably al-Furat), YE35, A-4, very rare mint, closed after this type dated YE35 (al-

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.83g), WH (Junday Sabur), YE26, A-4, EF, R. The mint abbreviation WH was formerly assigned to

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.75g), WYH (Bihqubadh), YE35, A-4, choice VF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw "lillâh" type, ca. 656-670, AR drachm (3.58g), DA (Darabjird), YE35, A-A6, EF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw "lillâh" type, ca. 656-670, AR drachm (3.77g), DA (Darabjird), YE35, A-A6, bold VF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw "lillâh" type, ca. 656-670, AR drachm (3.76g), GD (Jayy), YE35, A-A6, VF-EF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw "lillâh" type, ca. 656-670, AR drachm (3.65g), WH (Junday Sabur), YE35, A-A6, Pahlavi name of the city was Veh...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, ca. 661-664, AR drachm (4.01g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH44 (frozen), A-6, EF

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, ca. 661-664, AR drachm (3.72g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH44, A-6A, governor's name reads upwards, date wri...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, ca. 661-664, AR drachm, DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-6, lovely VF-EF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, ca. 661-664, AR drachm (4.07g), DA (Darabjird), AH43, A-7, governor cited without his patronymic, EF, S.

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, ca. 661-664, AR drachm (3.90g), DA (Darabjird), AH43, A-7, governor cited without his patronymic, bold V...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Mu'awiya, 661-680, AR drachm (4.14g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-14, first Umayyad caliph, with his caliphal title (AMYL-Y ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Mu'awiya, 661-680, AR drachm (4.11g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-14, first Umayyad caliph, with his caliphal title (AMYL-Y ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Mu'awiya, 661-680, AR drachm (3.80g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-14, first Umayyad caliph, with his caliphal title (AMYL-Y ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.80g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH51, A-8, extra triplet of pellets at 2:30 in the obverse margin, VF

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (4.06g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH52, A-8, bold strike, nearly EF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR dirham (4.12g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-8, struck during the period AH50-54, bold VF-EF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm, DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-8, extra triplet of pellets at 2:30 in the obverse margin, VF