Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 49 | June 13-16, 2024

ROMAN EMPIRE: Zeno, 474-491 AD, AV solidus (4.41g), Constantinople, S-21514, D N ZENO PERP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust, holding spear and shield

MEDIEVAL: Migration Period, AV solidus (4.22g), uncertain mint, ca. late 5th century, cf. RIC-3626, MEC I-, unpublished pseudo-imperial issue imitatin

ROMAN PROVINCIAL: SYRIA: Caracalla, 198-217 AD, BI tetradrachm (12.48g), Antioch, ca. 216-217 AD, Prieur-226, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust lef

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Anastasius I, 491-518, AV solidus (4.44g), Constantinople, S-3, helmeted and cuirassed bust, facing slightly to the right, holding s

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Heraclius, 610-641, AV solidus, ND (613-41 AD), Fr-105, busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, much of obverse lettering ille

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 913-959, AV solidus (4.17g), Constantinople, S-1745, Christ enthroned, facing, holding book of Gosp

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Michael VII Doukas, 1071-1078, AV histamenon nomisma (4.29g), Constantinople, SB-1868, Christ Pantokrator // half-length bust of Mic

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Glass weight, ca. 6th/7th century, semissis weight (2.30g), complex monogram for the name AKAKIOV, with no additional designs, XF.

ARABIA: SABAEAN: Anonymous, ca. 3rd-2nd century BC, AR unit (4.95g), Huth-225, CAF-1.4i8, imitating Athenian issue, stylized helmeted head of Athena r

CHARACENE: Attambelos I, 44-40 BC, AR tetradrachm (11.77g), year 278 (35/34 BC), diademed, bearded head right // Herakles seated left on rock, club on

ELYMAIS: Kamnaskires III & Queen Anzaze, ca. 82/1-73/2 BC, AR tetradrachm (16.16g), Seleukia on the Hedyphon, SE 233 (80/79 BC), Van't Haaff...

ELYMAIS: Kamnaskires IV, ca. 63/2-54/3 BC, AR tetradrachm (15.82g), cf. Van't Haaff-8.2.1-1 (countermarked), diademed and draped bust with short...

ELYMAIS: Kamnaskires-Orodes, mid-2nd century AD, AE tetradrachm (15.18g), van't Haaff-12.1, diademed bust facing slightly left, anchor to right,...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur I, 241-272, AV dinar (7.23g), G-21, type IIc/1b, diademed bust of Shahpur right, wearing mural crown with korymbos, three pe

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur I, 241-272, AE "tetradrachm" (10.69g), G-31, king's bust, wearing tiara headdress with korymbos, his long ha...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur III, 383-388, AV stater (7.27g), Sind district, SNS type C6, crowned bust right, Brahmi SRI to right // fire altar with head

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur III, 383-388, AV stater (7.21g), Sind district, SNS type C9, crowned bust right, without Brahmi SRI // fire altar with head

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varahran VI, 590-591, AR drachm (3.94g), MY (Mishan), year 1, G-203, some weakness, especially in the portrait, excellent VF, RR, ex

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Yazdigerd III, 632-651, AR drachm (3.59g), BN (perhaps Bamm), year 20, G-235, TS-107 ff, a lovely strike, just a hint of toning, cho

ALCHON HUNS: Proper Hephthalites, ca. 475-550, AR drachm (4.04g), G-E25, Vondrovec-287A/B; cf. Zeno-42957 for further information, Sasanian-style bust

HEPHTHALITE: Anonymous, ca. 486-490+, AR drachm (4.27g), G-, derived from Göbl-176 of Peroz, with normal winged crown of Peroz, Pahlavi "M...

HEPHTHALITE: Anonymous, ca. 486-490+, AR drachm (4.16g), G-, derived from Göbl-176 of Peroz, with normal winged crown of Peroz, Pahlavi "M...

FERGHANA: Anonymous Khagans, 7th/8th century, AE cash (6.96g), Smirnova-1435, Zeno-16987, y'y'n (khagan) in Sogdian-Turkic script to left, l...

FERGHANA: Anonymous Khagans, 7th/8th century, AE cash (2.73g), Smirnova-1435, Zeno-16987, facing portrait // tamgha on center, Sogdian PRN ("gl...

KESH: Akhurpat, ca. 720s-737, AE cash (1.43g), Smirnova-1359, cf. Zeno-49953, bearded head right with Sasanian-style winged crown, Sogdian word prn ...

SAMARKAND: Mastich-Unash, ca. 698-700, AE cash (3.02g), Smirnova-168/190, Sogdian legend around square hole // Samarkand Y-shaped tamgha and triskeles

SOUTH SOGHD: unknown ruler, ca. 1st/2nd century AD, AR obol (0.64g), cf. Zeno-34949, Rtv-37, Herakles standing, holding club & diadem // Zeus en...

SOUTH SOGHD: Anonymous, ca. 8th century, AE cash (3.31g), cf. Zeno-46895, "wine-glass" shaped tamgha, undeciphered Sogdian legend around /...

YAGHLAQAR CLAN: Unknown ruler, late 8th century, AE cash, type #1 (4.06g), Kamyshev-34/35, Zeno-46641, Soghdian or Uighur legends on both sides, with

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (4.04g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen), A-1, Malek-946 ff, first Islamic coin, distinguished from the

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (3.89g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen), A-1, Malek-946 ff, first Islamic coin, distinguished from the

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-660, AR drachm (4.16g), BN (possibly Bamm), YE20 (frozen), A-2, with only Arabic jayyid ("good") in ObQ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-660, AR drachm (3.81g), NAL (Narmashir), YE20 (frozen), A-2, in the name of Yazdigerd, YAKWT in Pahlavi, with Arabi

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.73g), PL (possibly al-Furat), YE34, A-4, Malek, very rare mint for this type, recorded by Malek

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, 666, AR drachm (3.85g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH47, A-C6, with obverse marginal legend bism Allah / al-malik, one-year type st

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.84g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-8, Malek-393, extremely rare variety, with ziyad and

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (4.06g), KWAT (Kavad-Khurra), AH52, A-8, Malek-815, very rare mint in Fars province, also spell

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (4.06g), APLSh (Abarshahr), AH54, A-8, Malek, triplet of pellets at 1h in reverse margin; Malek

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Zayd, ca. 672-674, AR drachm (4.04g), SLCN, AH54, A-10, Walker-Dam.6 (different dies), Eshragh-53, Malek, rare ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hakam b. Abi'l-'As, ca. 674-677, AR drachm (4.00g), NAL (Narmashir), AH56, A-11, Malek-915, with the obverse formula bism ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hakam b. Abi'l-'As, ca. 674-677, AR drachm (1.72g), NHAT (unlocated mint in Kirman Province), AH56, A-11, Malek-, unlocate...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.20g), "BBA" (the Court mint), AH"67", A-18, Malek-148, contemporary Hun...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khalid b. 'Abd Allah, ca. 692-694, AR drachm (3.65g), BCLA (al-Basra), AH73, A-24A, with muhammad rasul Allah in ObQ3, pellet aft...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (4.17g), DA (Darabjird), AH76, A-33, Malek-459, with the Kharijite slogan la hukm ill...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, 694-713, AR drachm (3.92g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), AH77, A-35.1, with the full kalima in the obverse margin after b

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, 694-713, AR drachm (3.98g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH80 (sic), A-35.1, as Malek 340/341 but the date slightly differently

TABARISTAN: Nusayr, 784-785, AR 1/2 drachm (1.94g), al-Rayy, AH168, A-L73, standard design of the Tabaristan hemidrachms, with the name Nusayr in Pahl

TABARISTAN: Nusayr, 784-785, AR 1/2 dirham (1.92g), al-Rayy, AH168, A-L73, Malek-212, mint & date written in Arabic on the reverse, whereas the ...

TABARISTAN: Nusayr, 784-785, AR 1/2 drachm (1.83g), al-Rayy, AH168, A-L73, Malek-212, VF-XF, RR.

TABARISTAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Arif, 792, AR 1/2 dirham (1.62g), Tabaristan, AH141, A-70B, Malek-134, with the name 'abd Allah before the bu...