Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 39

AEGINA: AR stater (10.56g), ca. 480-457 BC, HGC 6-435, Milbank pl. 1-13, sea turtle with line of pellets down the back of its shell // incuse square w

ARADOS: AR tetradrachm (15.03g), CY135 (125/4 BC), Sear-5991, Duyrat-3030, turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right // Nike standing left, hol

SELEUKID KINGDOM: Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC, AR tetradrachm (16.59g), Susa, SC-1529.1, SNG Fitzwilliam-5636, SNG Spaer-1209, diademed head ri

ROMAN REPUBLIC: PB aes formatum (104.11g), uncertain Italian mint, ca. 400-300 BC, cf. ICC pl. 90, 4-5, 38 x 40 x 14mm, anonymous cast bronze in the f

ROMAN IMPERATORIAL PERIOD: Julius Caesar, as dictator, 49-44 BC, AR denarius (3.88g), Rome, January-February 44 BC, Cr-480/5b, Sear-1412, lifetime iss

ROMAN IMPERATORIAL PERIOD: Sextus Pompey, in Sicily, 43-36 BC, AR denarius (3.46g), Sicily, 42-40 BC, Cr-511/3, Sear-1392, bare head of Sextus '...

ROMAN EMPIRE: Constantius II, 337-361 AD, AV solidus (4.31g), Antioch, 355-361, RIC-172, C-126, Depeyrot-12/1, pearl-diademed bust right, D N CONSTAN

VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN: Sisebut, 612-621, AV tremissis (1.51g), Ispali (Sevilla), Miles-187, bold strike, choice AU.

VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN: Sisebut, 612-621, AV tremissis (1.42g), Emerita (Mérida), Miles-192, bold strike, bold EF-AU.

VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN: Suinthila, 621-631, AV tremissis (1.44g), Barbi, Miles-224, bold strike, Unc. The mint Barbi is now believed to be the town of M

VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN: Suinthila, 621-631, AV tremissis (1.51g), Emerita (Mérida), Miles-235, lustrous AU.

VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN: Chindasvinto, 642-653, AV tremissis (1.39g), Emerita (Mérida), derived from Miles-330, contemporary or later imitation or

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Michael VII Doukas, 1071-1078, AV histamenon (4.41g), S-1868, bust of Christ // emperor 's bust, wearing crown & loros, ho...

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Michael VII Doukas, 1071-1078, AV histamenon (4.35g), S-1869, Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne // facing bust of Michael,

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: John II Comnenus, 1118-1143, AV hyperperon (4.26g), S-1940, Christ enthroned, holding the book of Gospels and raising hand in benedi

KINGDOM OF NICAEA: John III Ducas-Vatatzes, 1222-1254, AV hyperperon (3.93g), S-2073, Christ enthroned, raising hand in benediction // emperor standin

ANCIENT JUDEA: Bar Kochba Revolt, 132-135 AD, AE small bronze (4.95g), year 1 (132/3 AD), Hendin-681, Mildenberg-150, palm tree with seven branches an

ELYMAIS: Kamnaskires III & Queen Anzaze, ca. 82-72 BC, AR tetradrachm (13.78g), ND, Van 't Haaff-7.1, jugate draped busts of Kamnaskires, di...

PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Arsakes II, c. 211-191 BC, AR drachm (4.11g), Rhagai, Shore-4, Sunrise-241/43, head left, beardless, wearing bashlyk // archer seate

PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Phriaptios to Mithradates I, c. 185-132 BC, AR drachm (3.99g), Hekatompylos, Sellwood-10.1, Sunrise-254, head left, beardless, weari

PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Mithradates II, 121-91 BC, AR drachm (4.01g), Ekbatana, Sellwood-28.3, Sunrise-299, bust left, long beard, wearing pellet-ended torq

PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Phraates III, 70-57 BC, AR drachm (4.05g), Ekbatana, Sellwood-38.4, Sunrise-336, diademed bust left, medium beard, wearing torque ...

PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Phraates III, 70-57 BC, AR drachm (4.17g), Mithradatkart (struck ca. 62-57 BC), Sellwood-38.6, Shore-172, diademed bust left, medium

PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Mithradates IV, 57-54 BC, AR drachm (4.15g), Mithradatkart, Sellwood-40.3, Shore-190, diademed bust left, short curly beard, wearing

PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Orodes II, 57-38 BC, AE 17, cf. Sellwood-45, appears to be an unlisted variety, bust left // camel, VF.

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir, as Artaxerxes of Persis, ca. 203-224, BI drachm (2.81g), G-1, SNS-1/3, bust of Ardashir facing, wearing Parthian-style tia

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir I, 224-241, AR obol (0.57g), G-12, king 's bust, wearing tight headdress with korymbos & earflaps // fire altar, ...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir I, 224-241, AE 15mm (2.23g), G-type II/6, Sell-type II, SNS-73/100, first crown // fire altar with no attendants, VF, R, ex

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Hormizd I, 272-273, AR drachm (4.08g), G-36, bust of Hormizd I right, wearing diadem and crown with korymbos, fravahr symbol on shou

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Hormizd I, 272-273, AR obol (0.69g), G-—, standard obverse // fire altar & two attendants, first style, with each of the...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varhran I, 273-276, AR drachm (4.00g), G-41, king 's bust, wearing radiate crown with korymbos, left legend in 2 lines // fire...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varhran II, 276-292, AR drachm (3.86g), G-57 (type V/1), SNS-A56/A57, Saeedi-160 (=SNS-A56), Sunrise-781, king 's bust, wearin...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Narseh, 293-303, AR drachm (4.03g), G-76, king 's bust right, wearing crown with arcades and three floriate branches, with kor...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shapur II, 309-379, lead 20mm (3.89g), G-type I/6, Sell-type I, SNS—, king 's bust right, crescent left of his crown and...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varhran IV, 388-399, lead 15mm (3.41g), G-type I, type of SNS-A61, which is a copper pashiz, king 's bust right, fravahr to ri...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varhran IV, 388-399, lead 17mm (2.91g), G-type I, SNS—, king 's bust right, ornamental floral symbol to right // fire a...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd I, 399-420, AE pashiz (1.45g), G-—, cf. SNS-92/94 and A67 for pashiz in general, king 's bust right, arrowhead...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd I, 399-420, lead 16mm (2.12g), G-—, king 's bust right, symbol resembling an animal head to right // fire alta...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd I, 399-420, lead 19mm (4.83g), G-—, king 's bust right, tamgha to right // fire altar & two attendants, cr...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varhran V, 420-438, lead 16mm (2.95g), G-—, cf. SNS-A41 & A42, both listed as "AE?" but likely lead, king '...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd II, 438-457, AR obol (0.39g), G-162, king 's bust right // fire altar & two attendants, each holding long lance,...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd II, 438-457, AE pashiz (1.32g), G-166, SNS-48, king 's bust right, tamgha right // fire altar & two attendants, ...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd II, 438-457, AE pashiz (1.31g), NM, G-166, SNS-49, king 's bust right, 7-point star and pellet right // fire altar &...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Peroz, 457-484, lead 18mm (3.03g), BBA (the Court mint), G-—, SNS—, standard design, as on the 3rd silver series (

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Kavad, 488-497, 499-531, AE pashiz (0.79g), G-188var, SNS-280, standard design, star left and crescent right of the king 's cr...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Khusro II, 591-628, AE pashiz (0.97g), BYSh (Bishapur), year 30, G-216, lovely preservation, unusually nice for Sasanian copper of a

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir III, 628-630, AE pashiz (0.82g), MM, year 2, standard design, with the ruler 's name fully legible to the right of th...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Boran, 630-631, AE pashiz (2.80g), ST (Istakhr), year 1, G-—, obverse & reverse designs as on her silver drachms of all ...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd III, 632-651, AR drachm (4.07g), BN (perhaps Bamm), year 12, G-235, Zeno-197464 (this piece), EF.

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd III, 632-651, AR drachm (4.08g), GLM, year 12, G-235, uncertain mint in Kirman province, VF-EF.

AXUM: Ebana, 5th century, AV unit (1.58g), M&J-71, early Christian period, crowned bust right, holding whisk, flanked by wheat stalks // draped ...

AXUM: Ebana, 5th century, AV unit (1.53g), M&J-71, early Christian period, crowned bust right, holding whisk, flanked by wheat stalks // draped ...

CENTRAL ASIA: Anonymous, ca. 6th-8th century, AV burial bracteate (0.39g), Zeno-245879 (this piece), imitating gold solidus of Justinian I, 527-565, E

CENTRAL ASIA: Anonymous, ca. 7th-9th century, AV burial bracteate (0.61g), Zeno-210816 (this piece), portraits of Byzantine Heraclius & his son ...

TOBAZINI & successors: Anonymous, ca. 420-475, AR drachm (3.98g), Vondrovec-32, imitating a drachm of the Sasanian Varhran IV (388-399), Bactria...

HUNNIC: "Khusro" type, before 700, AR drachm (3.34g), cf. Zeno-33518, imitation of a Sasanian drachm of Khusro II, Sogdian legend in ObQ3 ...

TURK YABGHUS: Anonymous, 7th century, AR drachm (3.61g), NM, G-295, cf. Zeno-236308, design derived from the drachm of the Sasanian Khusro II, with hi

BUKHARA: Unknown ruler, ca. 640-708, AE cash (3.09g), cf. Zeno-1031, Tang dynasty Chinese legend, kai yuan tong bao // Bukhara tamgha above square hol

BUKHARA: Unknown ruler, ca. 640-708, AE cash (4.11g), cf. Zeno-1031, Tang dynasty Chinese legend, kai yuan tong bao // Bukhara tamgha right of the squ

BUKHARA: Unknown ruler, ca. 640-708, AE cash (3.61g), cf. Zeno-1031, Tang dynasty Chinese legend, kai yuan tong bao // Bukhara tamgha right of the squ

NAKHSHEB: Anonymous, c. 6th/7th century, AE unit (1.64g), Kochnev/Baratova class C4, cf. Zeno-199474, long-haired bust facing slightly to the left, le

PAIKEND: Anonymous, ca. 640-710, AE cash (1.46g), Bukhara tamgha at top, Chinese yuan below, and Sogdian text to left & right // cross above &am...

SEMIRECH 'E: Wahshutawa, 8th century, AE cash (4.06g), Kamyshev-21, Zeno-134041, Sogdian legend // Turgesh tamgha, plus Runic-style tamgha and C...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusro "lillâh" type, ca. 656-670? AR drachm (3.78g), DA (Darabjird), AH37, A-A6, Malek-378/379, date somewhat crudely...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusro "lillâh" type, ca. 656-670? AR drachm (3.93g), NY (probably Nihawand), YE37, A-A6, VF, RR.

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusro "lillâh" APD type, ca. 660s-670s, AR drachm (4.07g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen), A-A6, with the Pahlavi wo...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Mu 'awiya, 661-680, AR drachm (4.13g), DA (Darabjird), year 43 (frozen), A-14, Mu 'awiya was the first Umayyad caliph, who ru...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Samura b. Jundab, ca. 672-673, AR drachm (4.00g), DA (Darabjird), year 43 (frozen), A-9, actually struck circa AH53-54 (672-673), VF, R

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, 685-686, AR drachm (3.81g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67, A-20, lovely bold strike, choice EF, RR.

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja 'a, ca. 688-698, AR dirham (4.11g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, al-Qatari was the leader of the 'Azariqiy...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja 'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (3.68g), DA (Darabjird), AH76, A-33, with the Kharijite slogan la hukm illa lillah i...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (3.61g), KLMAN-NAL (Narmashir), AH71, A-28, nice Fine.

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (3.89g), KLMAN-SLC, AH74, A-28, Malek-812 (same reverse die), SLC was likely the city...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (3.64g), KLMAN-GY (Jiroft), AH75, A-28, F-VF.

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al- 'Aziz b. 'Abd Allah (b. Khalid), ca. 690-693, AR dirham (3.34g), TART (Tawwaj), AH74, A-25K, Malek-929, date d...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, 694-695, AR dirham (3.93g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), AH75, A-34, unlike the contemporary issues of Qatari b. al-Fuja 'a,...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khalid b. 'Abbad, ca. 700, AE pashiz (2.53g), BYSh (Bishapur), ND, A-N42, Gyselen-3, Sasanian bust right, name in Arabic to righ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-720, AE pashiz (1.26g), Gyanbud (Qasr-i Abu Nasr), A-43B, Gyselen-80, two Byzantine busts, with cross on crown, as H

ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 695-720, AE pashiz (1.20g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), ND, A-A45.3, Gyselen-126, standard Khusro style with Pahlavi APAD MNW

ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (1.50g), ND, A-O46var, Gyselen-110var, facing bust bearded & moustached, wearing winged crown // head facing...

ARAB-SASANIAN: LOT of 6 Arab-Sasanian and 1 common Sasanian drachm: Arab-Sasanian: Yazdigerd type, SK YE20 (F-VF, some light corrosion); Ubayd Allah b

ARAB-SASANIAN:LOT of 6 silver drachms: Arab-Sasanian: Ziyad b. Abu Sufyan: DA frozen year 43 (2.57g, chipped); BYSh AH53 (2.93g, chipped); and MY AH51

ARAB-SASANIAN & SASANIAN:LOT of 4 Arab-Sasanian and 2 Sasanian drachms: Arab-Sasanian: A-12, 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, BCLA (al-Basra) 60 (VF-...

ARAB-SASANIAN & SASANIAN:LOT of 29 small copper pashiz, unidentified, average VG condition, challenging study group, retail value $500, lot of 2...

TABARISTAN: Ma 'add, 789, AR ½ drachm (1.53g), Tabaristan, PYE138, A-66, some adhesions on obverse, some porosity on the reverse, VF, RR.

EASTERN SISTAN: Halîl, ca. 770s, AR drachm (3.30g), SK (Sijistan), ND, A-86D, bold strike with almost no weakness, choice VF, RR.

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, LOT of 15 copper fulus, including the mints of Halab (4), 'Amman (2), Sarmin (4), Hims (1), Tanuk...

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.29g), NM (Dimashq), AH79, A-125, bold strike, AU.

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.27g), NM (Dimashq), AH80, A-125, choice EF-AU.

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.24g), NM (Dimashq), AH80, A-125, bold strike, choice VF, ex Robert Pelletreau Collection.

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.27g), NM (Dimashq), AH84, A-125, lustrous EF-AU.

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.92g), Sabur, AH80, A-126, Klat-416, superb bold strike, EF-AU.

UMAYYAD: Sulayman, 715-717, AV dinar (4.28g), NM (Dimashq), AH99, A-130, bold EF.

UMAYYAD: 'Umar, 717-720, AR dirham (2.82g), "al-Kufa", AH100, A-133, Klat—, very unusual type, not illustrated elsewhere, proba...

UMAYYAD: Yazid II, 720-724, AV dinar (4.27g), NM (Dimashq), AH105, A-134, rare date, interesting graffiti above the reverse field, possibly in Aramaic

UMAYYAD: Yazid II, 720-724, AR dirham (2.75g), Arminiya, AH103, A-135, Klat-57, VF.

UMAYYAD: Yazid II, 720-724, AR dirham (2.73g), al-Andalus, AH104, A-135, Klat-117, F-VF, R. Rare date for the Umayyad mint in Spain.

UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.22g), NM (Dimashq), AH107, A-136, W-227, very rare date, the third or fourth rarest of the standard Umayyad dina

UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.24g), NM (Dimashq), AH112, A-136, bold strike, EF-AU.

UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.21g), NM (Dimashq), AH120, A-136, EF.