Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 40

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.63g), Hamadan, AH986, A-2616.1, type A, lovely strike, very rare mint in gold, VF, RRR.

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.65g), Isfahan, AH985, A-2616.1, mint & date in the lower right of the obverse marginal t...

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.67g), Kashan, AH985, A-2616.1, type A, excellent strike, with almost no weakness, choice VF, R

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.64g), Kashan, AH986, A-2616.1, type A, nice strike, with just one small spot of slight weaknes

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.60g), Qazwin, AH986, A-2616.1, type A, bold mint & date, VF, R.

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.62g), Shiraz, AH986, A-2616.1, type A, some weakness, overstruck on undetermined host, very ra

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.56g), Ardabil, AH990, A-2616.2, type B, bold strike with just some minor weakness by the rim,

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.64g), Kashan, AH989, A-2616.2, type B, attractive strike, EF, R.

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.56g), Qazwin, AH987, A-2616.2, type B, slight weakness at the edge, overall very attractive, V

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.62g), Qazwin, AH989, A-2616.2, type B, pleasant strike on broad flan, VF, R.

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.61g), Qazwin, AH993, A-2616.2, type B, glorious strike, very rare in this quality, EF, RR.

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.59g), Tabriz, AH987, A-2616.2, type B, excellent strike, VF-EF, R.

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.64g), Tabriz, AH993, A-2616.2, type B, struck from deteriorating dies, VF, R.

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal (4.61g), Tabriz, AH994, A-2616.2, type B, decent strike, VF, R.

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV ½ mithqal (2.33g), Herat, AH986, A-2617.1, type A, clear mint & date, about 15% flat strike, p...

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV ½ mithqal (2.30g), Yazd, AH(9)86, A-2617.1, type A, scarce mint in gold for this reign, about 30%

SAFAVID: 'Abbas I, 1588-1629, AR bisti (0.77g), Baghdad, AH1033, A-B2637, struck during the year of the Safavid conquest of Baghdad, the first B...

SAFAVID: 'Abbas I, 1588-1629, LOT of 49 silver abbasis, nearly all type A-2634.4; a few better mints with legible dates, including Baghdad AH103...

SAFAVID: 'Abbas I, 1588-1629, LOT of 50 silver abbasis, nearly all type A-2634.4; a few better mints with legible dates, including Dizful 1031, ...

SAFAVID: Safi I, 1629-1642, AR abbasi (7.66g), Hamadan, AH1050, A-2638.3, mint & date in a circle at the lower portion of the obverse, one of fi...

SAFAVID: Tahmasp II, 1722-1732, AV ashrafi (3.47g), Isfahan, AH1142, A-2688, Tahmasp recaptured the city of Isfahan in AH1142 after seven years of Afg

AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR rupi, Kabul, AH1158, A-2744.2, with the mint epithet dar al-mulk, superb even strike, extremely rare mint, NGC gra

AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR rupi (11.37g), Peshawar, AH1160, A-2744.2, lovely example, EF.

ZAND: 'Ali Murad Khan, 1781-1785, AV ¼ mohur (2.70g), Yazd, AH1197, A-2815, 2nd series (AH1196-1199), couplet of Karim Khan obverse, mint a...

ZAND: 'Ali Murad Khan, 1781-1785, AR 1/3 rupi (3.80g), Rasht, ND/DM, A-2818, about 5% flat strike, otherwise attractive Very Fine.

QAJAR: Agha Muhammad Khan, 1779-1797, AR rupi (11.42g), Kashan, AH1206, A-2844, type C, with Zand couplet obverse, bold strike, choice EF.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV toman (6.18g), Rasht, AH1213, A-2859, type S1, both sides within elegant octogram border, choice EF.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV toman (5.71g), Shiraz, AH1221//122x, A-2860F, type T1, lovely, boldly-struck example, AU, RR.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV toman (6.09g), Tabriz, AH1217//1217, A-2860C, type S2, broad flan, VF-EF.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR donative riyal (10.36g), Kashan, AH1216, A-2874A, 30.8mm, with the mint epithet Dar al-Mu'minin, perhap...

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, LOT of 82 silver qirans, type A-2894, struck at most mints AH1241-1250, average weight 6.85g, with the followi...

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, LOT of 25 silver half qirans, type A-2895, struck at the Shiraz mint from about 1245 to 1250, about half with ...

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AR qiran (5.38g), Astarabad, AH1272, A-2934, half-bust facing left, above short wreath // mint formula within lar

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AR donative qiran (5.07g), Tabriz, AH1280, A-2938L, special issue, with broad blank margins on both sides, plain

QAJAR: LOT of 21 silver coins, including Afsharid: rupi Tabriz AH1160; Zand: 3 double abbasi & 1 abbasi; Qajar: 4 riyals & 12 qirans of Fath...

KHOQAND:LOT of 11 copper puls of various types, all without date, average circulated grades, several quite attractive, some very rare; useful study gr

KHANS OF YARKAND:LOT of 7 examples of imitative copper fulus, without any name and probably all without the city name, cf. Zeno-266907 for this series

KHANS OF YARKAND:LOT of 9 examples of type A-F3009, copper fulus of the ruler 'Abd Allah Khan (1635-1667), name on obverse, city name Yarkand on...

KHANS OF YARKAND:LOT of 4 examples of an unknown ruler, counterstamped simply adl'i khan ("justice of the Khan") on a blank copper pla...

AMIR OF QUNDUZ: Amir Khusraw, 1497-1505, AR tanka (4.73g), Hisar Shadiman, ND, A-A3009, mint formula in central cartouche, the four Sunni Rashidun cit

MANGHIT OF BUKHARA: Muzaffar al-Din, 1860-1886, AV tilla (4.66g), Bukhara, AH1298, A-3038, slightly wavy planchet, pleasing strike, choice VF.

LATER CENTRAL ASIA:LOT of 23 copper coins: various Central Asian of the 15th-17th century (15 pcs); Qarakhanid fulus (3); Chinese cash of Qian Long (m

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AV mohur (10.85g), Shahjahanabad (Dehli), AH1174 year 14, A-3090, superb strike, one of the finest examples we have se

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AV mohur (10.83g), Shahjahanabad (Delhi), AH1173 year 14, A-3090, KM-465, struck during Ahmad's second occupatio...

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, 1772-1793, AR rupee (11.08g), Balkh, AH1200, A-3100, with the mint epithet umm al-bilad, "the mother of cities", bol...

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, 1772-1793, AR rupee (11.10g), Balkh, AH1204//1205, A-3100, with the mint epithet umm al-bilad, "the mother of cities"...

BARAKZAY: Uncertain Ruler, 1825, BI rupee (9.95g), Ahmadshahi, AH1241, A-C3138, obverse legend sekke-ye saheb zeman, "coin of the ruler at the ...

DURRANI: Safdar Jang, 1842-1843, AR rupee (8.99g), Ahmadshahi (=Qandahar), AH1259, A-V3150, al-mulku lillah al-wahid al qahhâr ("the kings...

CIVIC COPPER: AE prestige falus (17.05g), Kashan, AH113x, A-3241A, lion right, sun behind, all within ornate lobated square, pierced four times for su

CIVIC COPPER: AE falus (9.23g), Qandahar AH1110, A-3253, peacock walking left between bushes // mint & date formula, struck on flan formed by fo...

CIVIC COPPER:LOT of 11 examples of the small copper coins of Samarqand, most with an animal on one side, the mint name on the other, including the exa

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: AFGHANISTAN: LOT of 5 clay tokens from Afghanistan ca. 11th-14th century, all with muhammad / bi-'l-hamd / lillah on one side ...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: IRAN & AFGHANISTAN:LOT of 27 silver coins: Safavid (14 pcs, including 3 bistis of Safi I in EF condition, all Isfahan mint, da...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: IRAN:LOT of 14 PCGS-certified hammered coins: AH686 dirham Tabriz XF40; AH700 2 dirham Baghdad AU50; AH710 2 dirham Tabriz AU55; AH7

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 127 copper fulus, predominantly mint of Balkh, including: Umayyad (Balkh 93, one in crude VF condition); Abbasid (mostly Balkh

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 49 silver dirhams, including Umayyad (1 pc); Abbasid (22, including Madinat al-Salam 329 of al-Radi and Wasit 259); Ghaznavid

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 75 silver coins of many different types, including Muzaffarid, Nepal, Kart, Hindushahi, Ghorid, Mughal, Ghaznavid, Mangits of

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 22 silver coins, including several better issues and dates: Tabaristan: Khurshid date PYE101; Saffarid: Ya'qub, al-Ahwaz...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 26 silver & 3 copper coins of Iran & further east, from the Sasanian Empire to the 19th century, including Sasanian:...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 33 silver dirhams, about 20 of them Abbasid, the rest a mix of Samanid, Buwayhid, Saffarid, etc.; average F-VF condition, but

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 11 silver and 6 copper coins (as noted): Arab-Byzantine (4 coppers, including Hims and Ba'albakk mints); Arab-Bukharan (...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 43 coins (1 gold, 28 silver, 14 copper) from Iran, Afghanistan & Central Asia, including: Ilkhan: Abu Sa'id (two AR...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 18 silver and 8 copper coins, plus one glass jeton/weight: Seljuqs of Rum (3 pcs, including 2 AR and 1 copper); Qarakhanid (1

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 31 silver and 1 copper coins: Safavid: Safi I (shahi, poor strike); Afsharid: Nadir Shah (6 shahi, common mint); Qajar: Fath...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 13 copper coins: Abbasid (5 pcs, including mints of al-Rafiqa AH189 and Thughur al-Masisa ND), Mamluk (1), Zangid of Syria (3)

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 29 pieces, silver unless noted: Ancient: Achaemenid (1, Good); Sasanian (1, ex-mount); Elymais (10, copper, poor condition and

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 11 silver and 1 copper coins: Tabaristan (1 pc, choice AU); Umayyad (1 pc, Wasit AH122, AU); Golden Horde (2); Giray Khans (7)

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 32 coins (21 Ottoman plus 11 other), mostly silver, including Ottoman: two AR kurush Kostantiniye AH1115 & AH1143, AR 2...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 7 better coins: Afrasiyabid: A-A2347 (crude VF), NM ND; and A-C2347, NM, AH(75)8 (Fine); Sarbadarid: A-2341, Isfarayin 763 (bo

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 12 figural bronzes plus 4 other coins, including Artuqid: SS-30.1, SS-33.1, SS-32 Mardin AH577 ("cursed is he who abus...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 4 silver and 6 copper coins: Arab-Byzantine (2 pcs, Hims & Halab mints, both F-VF); Umayyad of Spain (2, AR dirham, al-A...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 32 silver coins, including Abbasid (1 pc), Alawi Sharifs (1), Ilkhan (2), Sarbadar (4), Muzaffarid (1), Timurid (16), Safavid

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 14 lead seals, from early Islam to the 20th century, and one uninscribed copper weight: many different types, some early ones

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 37 copper coins: Umayyad (16, including Dimashq 126 and Filastin); Abbasid (5, including nice example of al-Mustansir, type of

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 9 silver and 6 base metal coins (silver unless noted): Sasanian (1), Tabaristan (1), Abbasid, al-'Abbasiya (1); Ayyubid ...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 6 Islamic coins, copper unless noted: Ayyubid: Abu Bakr (1 pc); Beylik: uncertain AR fractional dirham (1); Artuqid: Salah I (

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 1 silver and 6 copper coins: Silver: Almohad, A-496, very common (Fine); and Copper: Arab-Byzantine, standing caliph, style of

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 32 medieval coins (copper unless noted); Artuqid (15, including one late silver), Begteginid (1), Zangid (2), Ayyubid (8, incl

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC: LOT of 96 coins (55 silver) across the Islamic world from the 8th to the 19th century, including Umayyad: 2 AR dirhams (Wasit 117 ...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 17 silver & 5 copper (silver unless noted): Mamluk (1 pc); Rum Seljuq, copper (1); Golden Horde (2); Timurid (5); Qara Q...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 5 glass weights/jetons: Fatimid: probably al-Hakim, blue-green, vitrified (3.00g); Ayyubid: Anonymous, pseudo-legend, lovely d

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 3 silver and 3 copper coins, plus 7 common Indian coppers: Islamic: Umayyad, AE fals, Palestinian hawk type, NM ND (F-VF); Abb

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC:LOT of 5 silver coins: Buwayhid: dirhams, Arrajan AH350 & Shiraz 361 (both VF); Samanid: dirham, al-Shash 283 (VF); and Europea...

AYODHYA: Satyamitra, 3rd century AD, AE round unit (7.10g), Pieper-1012 (this piece), bull left, beribboned spear left, Brahmi legend satyamitrasa bel

EASTERN MALWA: Punchmarked, 1st century BC, AE square unit (3.93g), unpublished, lotus & standing human figure in deeply incused punch, VF, RRR,...

ERAN-VIDISHA: Anonymous, 1st century BC, AE square unit (5.32g), Pieper-482, Indradhvaja, railed tree, large Ujjain symbol and river with fish swimmin

ERICH: Punchmarked, ca. 2nd century BC, AE square unit (4.89g), M.L. Gupta type 44, horse between two railed trees, with nanyavarta, Indradhvaja, Ujja

HIRANJAKA: Anonymous, ca. 300 AD, lead unit (8.53g), Pieper-631 (this piece), from the river Penner region: horse right, facing solid round object, sr

KURARA: Pre-Satavahana period, 2nd-1st century BC, AE square unit (0.98g), Pieper-501 (this piece), railed tree, Indradhvaja, and Brahmi legend kurara

KURAS OF KOLHAPUR: Vasishthiputra Kura, ca. 100 AD, lead unit (18.00g), Pieper-615 (this piece), bow & arrow, Brahmi legend rajno vasithiputasa ...

SUKTIMATI: Anonymous, 2nd century BC, AE squarish unit (1.11g), Pieper-2021:1420 (this piece), horse right, Ujjain symbol above // railed tree, as str

UJJAIN: Bhumimitra, 1st century BC, AE round unit (1.78g), Pieper-406 (this piece), Shiva seated, holding danda & kamandalu, Brahmi legend right...

VIDARBHA: Punchmarked, ca. 500-400 BC, AR rectangular ½ karshapana (1.74g), Pieper-2021:133 (this piece), elephant with crescent above, annule

VIDARBHA: Sebaka, king, 3rd/2nd century BC, AE square unit (8.91g), Pieper-589 (this piece), bull, hill, Indradhvaja, 2 small swastikas, and legend ra

VIDARBHA: River Bena type, 3rd century BC, AE square unit (7.00g), Pieper-494 (this piece, only example published), punchmarked symbols: bull, Ujjain

VIDARBHA: Pre-Satavahana period, 2nd-1st century BC, AE square unit (1.08g), Pieper-579 (this piece), chakra // railed tree, virtually as struck, love

ANCIENT INDIA: LOT of 97 silver karshapana punchmarked coins ca. 3rd-2nd century BC, with various shapes and marks; average circulated grades; retail

ANCIENT INDIA:LOT of 7 silver, 1 lead, and 4 copper coins: Silver: Surasena 1/8 pana; Saurashtra ¼ pana; Kandamakas, Rudrasena III; Gupta, Kum

INDO-GREEK: Sophytes, ca. 270-250 BC, AR drachm (2.49g), helmeted head of Athena right, adorned with laurel wreath // cockerel standing left, struck i

INDO-GREEK: Sophytes, ca. 270-250 BC, AE 14 (1.72g), helmeted head of Athena right // owl standing right, crude strike on the reverse, similar to the