Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 37

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd III, 632-651, AR drachm (4.17g), DA (Darabjird), year 14, G-235, Tyler-Smith-131 (same dies), pellet at 9:30 in reverse

SASANIAN KINGDOM:LOT of 19 silver drachms: Khusro I: WYHC year 32; Hormizd IV: LYW 12 and ST 13 (rare date, pierced); and Khusro II: full flan: AHT 3

SASANIAN KINGDOM:LOT of 11 silver drachms of Ardashir III (628-630), 2nd type with winged crown (Göbl-226), including the mints of NAL (Nar

SASANIAN KINGDOM:LOT of 12 silver drachms of Khusro I (531-579), all VF-EF or better : AS year 22; AW year 44; AY year 6, 29 & 30; AYLAN year 3...

SASANIAN KINGDOM:LOT of 16 Sasanian silver drachms and 3 miscellaneous pieces, average VF, damage or other problems noted: Sasanian: Ardashir I (2 pi

SASANIAN KINGDOM:LOT of 21 silver drachms: Kavad I: 7 pcs, including AW, AY, AYLAN, DA, GD, and LD; Khusro I: 8 pcs, including AS, AW, AY, BYSh, GD, G

AXUM: Ebana, late 5th century, AV unit (1.56g), M&J-71, crowned bust between wheat-stalks // bust with headcloth, also between stalks, struck f...

AXUM: Ebana, late 5th century, AV unit (1.59g), M&J-71, crowned bust between wheat-stalks // bust with headcloth, also between stalks, lovely EF.

HUNNIC TRIBES: Mihirakula, ca. 515-530, AE unit (7.72g), Mitch-3780, Kushan-styled standing king with scepter in his raised left hand, offering at al

HUNNIC TRIBES: Mihirakula, ca. 515-530, AE unit (3.26g), Mitch-3808, bust of king right, Brahmi legend shri mihirakula // bull to left, Brahmi legend

BACTRIA: AR didrachm (7.88g), ca 329-323 BC, Mitchiner-24b, Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry-47, 48 (this piece), struck under Macedonian satrap, helm...

BACTRIA: Sophytes, AR hemidrachm (1.72g), ca. 325-300 BC, Mitchiner-30, helmeted head right, adorned with laurel wreath and wing on cheek guard, unce

BACTRIA: AR diobol (1.14g), ca. 305-294 BC, SNG ANS-20, HGC-12.12, local issue, laureate head of Zeus right // eagle standing left, head turned right

BACTRIA: AR hemidrachm (1.62g), ca. 295-283 BC, Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry-32, local issue in the Oxus region, helmeted head of Athena right // o...

ARSLANID: Qarluq: Qaghan Kobak, 8th century, AE cash (2.85g), Sogdian text for the Qarluq branch of the Arslanids of Semirech'e (pny bgy xralw...

BUKHARA: Anonymous, ca. 640-708, AE cash (3.81g), cf. Zeno-1031, Tang dynasty Chinese legend, kai yuan tong bao // Bukhara tamgha below the square ho

BUKHARA: Anonymous, ca. 640-708, AE cash (3.90g), cf. Zeno-1031, Tang dynasty Chinese legend, kai yuan tong bao // Bukhara tamgha left of the square

BUKHARA: Anonymous, ca. 640-708, AE cash (3.87g), cf. Zeno-1031, Tang dynasty Chinese legend, kai yuan tong bao // Bukhara tamgha right of the square

NAKHSHAB: Anonymous, 4th-6th century, AE unit (2.55g), Rtveladze-39, Zeno-3390, Zeimal-25/26, leontomachia type: bust left, elaborate hair style with

PENDJIKENT: "Amukyan", ca. 700+, AE cash (5.66g), Zeno-18743, Shirnova-735, somewhat coarse Sogdian legend // two tamghas of Pendjikent, ...

SAMARKAND: Anonymous, 1st-2nd century AD, AR unit (0.87g), Zeno-20328, bust left, Sogdian legend above, tentatively read as tauraka // archer, with b

SAMARKAND: Shishpir, ca. 630-645, AE cash (3.70g), Smirnova-48 ff, cf. Zeno-6875, ruler's name & MLKA in Sogdian // Samarkand & local t...

SAMARKAND: Urk Warthamaka, ca. 650-675, AR cash (3.71g), Zeno-37216, Sogdian legend // two tamghas, VF, R.

SAMARKAND: Mastich Unash, ca, 698-700, AE cash (3.70g), Smirnova-168 ff, ruler's name & MLKA in Sogdian // Samarkand & local tamghas, d...

SAMITAN: Nanaiabiat, 8th century, AE cash (1.78g), Zeno-77708, nanaiabiat samidanian in Sogdian script // 2 identical tamghas, well-preserved example

SEMIRECH'E: Tukhus, Oghitmish, 8th century, AE cash (1.94g), Kam-43, Sogdian legends both sides, with ruler's name after the tamgha on the ...

SEMIRECH'E: Wahshutawa, 8th century, AE cash (3.27g), Kam-23, Smirnova-1588, cf. Zeno-9955, Sogdian legend // Turgesh tamgha, plus Runic-style ...

SEMIRECH'E: Turgesh series, 8th century, AE cash (7.12g), Kam-23, Smirnova-1588, cf. Zeno-9955, standard Semirech'e tamgha with one Runic-s...

TUKHUS: Oghitmish, 8th century, AE cash (2.29g), Kam-43, cf. Zeno-170399, Sogdian legends both sides, with ruler's name after the tamgha // Sog...

TUKHUS: Oghitmish, 8th century, AE cash (2.23g), Kam-43, cf. Zeno-170399, Sogdian legends both sides, with ruler's name after the tamgha // Sog...

YUEH CHI: Agesiles, late 1st century BC, AR drachm (1.03g), Mitch-2831/32, helmeted bust right, name behind, ending above (AΓΣEI

YUEH CHI: Pabes, late 1st century BC, AR obol (0.58g), Mitch-2834, helmeted bust right of Indo-Greek style // Hercules standing, holding club &...

YUEH CHI: Pabes, late 1st century BC, AR obol (0.55g), Mitch-2834, helmeted bust right of Indo-Greek style // Hercules standing, holding club &...

CENTRAL ASIA: AV burial bracteate (0.52g), ca. 6th-8th century, uniface burial piece derived from the gold solidus with cuirassed imperial bust facin

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (3.93g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen date), A-1, first Islamic coin, distinguished from the last

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-660, AR drachm (4.02g), NAL (Narmashir), YE20 (frozen), A-2, in the name of Yazdigerd, YAKWT in Pahlavi, with Ar

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, ca. 661-664, AE pashiz (1.34g), KARCA (unidentified), AH44, A-7P, Gyselen-121 (1 piece only), 'Ab...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hakam b. Abi'l-'As, ca. 674-677, AR drachm (3.83g), NAL (Narmashir), AH56, A-11, with the phrase rabb al-hukm ("Lo...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Mu'awiya, 661-680, AR drachm (4.09g), DA (Darabjird), year 43 (frozen), A-14, Mu'awiya was the first Umayyad caliph, who r...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Mus'ab b. al-Zubayr, ca. 685-690, AR drachm (4.11g), KLMAN-NAL (Narmashir), AH70, A-17A, with Pahlavi GDH ("increase"...

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ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, 694-713, AE pashiz (0.43g), NM, ND, A-A37, Gyselen-78, standard bust right, with governor's name in Arabic, ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra, fl. 698-699, AR drachm (3.91g), SK (Sijistan), blundered date, A-37, with 3-petal flowers instead of...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (3.96g), SK (Sijistan), AH84, A-38A, blundered date, probably intented for 84, r...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (3.95g), SK (Sijistan), AH84, A-38A, rare variety with Arabic "TS" in ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (3.58g), SK (Sijistan), AH84, A-38A, very clear date, and the rarest date of thi...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AE pashiz (0.68g), SK (Sijistan), A-38F, coarsely engraved Sasanian-style bust right // go...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, 694-713, AR drachm (3.82g), D+P (Fasâ), YE71 (AH83), A-36, Malek-510 (same obverse die), governor's ...

ARAB-SASANIAN:LOT of 7 silver drachms: A-4, Khusro type, ShY 29 (VF, but much hornsilver on obverse); A-5, Khusro with rabbi, SK 48 (choice VF); A-8

ARAB-SASANIAN:LOT of 7 silver drachms, type A-12 of 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, of the Basra mint (BCLA in Pahlavi): AH56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, and 6...