Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 45 | January 26-29, 2023

KHUJISTANID: Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah, 874-881, AR broad dirham (6.47g), Nishapur, AH268, A-1396, citing Qur'an verses 3:26 and 9:123 in the marg...

SAFFARID: Tahir b. Muhammad, 901-908, AR dirham (2.92g), Marw, AH284, A-S1404, extremely rare Saffarid mint, unlisted by Lloyd, first reported on Coin

SAFFARID: al-Husayn b. Tahir, 1st reign, 970-971, AV fractional dinar (1.55g), Sijistan, AH360, A-1416, VF, R.

SAFFARID: Khalaf b. Ahmad, 3rd reign, 981-1000, AV fractional dinar (2.45g), Sijistan, AH374, A-1420.1, citing the caliph al-Ta'i', partly w...

SAFFARID: Khalaf b. Nasr, 1089-1106, BI dirham (4.27g), Sijistan, AHxx8, A-L1425, citing the calph al-Muqtadi and the Great Seljuq viceroy Sanjar b. M

SAMANID: Ishaq b. Ahmad, 914, AR dirham (2.98g), Samarqand, AH301, A-1448, K&K-Sa.301.2 (same dies), VF to EF, RR.

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AR fractional dirham (0.67g), Bukhara, AH352, A-1466D, style of Mansur's normal dirhams but with shortened legends i...

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AE fals (2.73g), Akhsikath, AH355, A-1467.1, also citing Ahmad b. 'Ali below the obverse field and Abu Bakr Mansur b...

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AE fals (3.30g), Bukhara, AH362, A-1467.3, cf. Zeno-123085, superb strike, perfectly centered and without any weakness, ch

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AE fals (2.51g), Bukhara, AH365, A-1467.3, central quatrefoil on the obverse, ruler's name within the words of the 2...

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AV dinar (3.18g), Nishapur, AH374, A-1468, citing Husam al-Dawla on the reverse, uneven surfaces, VF.

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AV dinar (3.45g), Herat, AH379, A-1468, citing the Simjurid governor 'Imad al-Dawla [Muhammad II], some weakness in t...

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AE fals (2.12g), Ferghana, AH367, A-1471, Zeno-42536, also citing Ahmad b. 'Ali and Tash al-Hajib, ornate hexagram in...

SAMANID OF AKHSIKATH: Malik b. Shukurtegin, 924-955, AE fals (3.90g), Nasrabad, AH343, A-4606 (previously A-E1477), citing Malik b. Shukurtegin withou

JASTANID: Khusrashah b. Manadhir, 972-974, AR dirham (3.28g), al-Rudbar, AH363, A-1489, wonderful strike, choice EF, R. The Jastanids were a minor dyn

SHADDADID: al-Fadl I b. Muhammad, 985-1031, AR dirham (4.00g) (Janza), AH399, A-1491, Zeno-46988 (this piece), standard type issues AH399-400, of whic

QARAKHANID: Malik Aram Yinal Qaraj, 10th century, AE cash (4.26g), NM, ND, A-1510P, Chinese style, central square hole, name on obverse in late Kufic

QARAKHANID: Mansur b. Ahmad, dihqan at Ilaq, 992-999, AE fals (3.42g), Ilaq, AH382, A-3429, Kochnev-5, citing the first Qarakhanid ruler, Shihab al-Da

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AR dirham (3.09g), Bukhara, AH396, A-3302, also citing the Khan Ahmad b. 'Ali as Nasir al-Haqq; superb s...

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AR dirham (2.74g), Uzkand, AH399, A-3302, Kochnev-113, citing the ruler as Ilek Nasr and the khan Ahmad b. &...