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

AQ QOYUNLU: Rustam, 1492-1497, AR tanka (5.07g), Qumm, AH899, A-2532, Dauwe-226.A3, countermarked 'adl sultan rustam zarb qumm 899 on largely ob...

AQ QOYUNLU: Rustam, 1492-1497, AR tanka (4.86g), Qumm, AH902, A-2532, Dauwe-227.Aa, mint & date in obverse center, with the date retrograde, Sun...

AQ QOYUNLU: Ahmad Göde, 1497-1498, AR tanka (4.74g), Qumm, ND, A-2537, Dauwe-228.Aa2, mint in obverse center, Sunni reverse, F-VF, RRR, ex Rola...

SAFAVID: Isma'il I, 1501-1524, AR 1/2 shahi (4.63g), Badakhshan, AH918, A-2577, 4-line legend with mint & date at lower left // Shi'ite ...

SAFAVID: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576, AR 1/6 mithqal (0.78g), Shiraz, AH(9)31, A-2592A, XF, RR.

SAFAVID: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576, AV unit (2.59g), Tabriz, ND (or date off), A-2592F, the contemporary name of this denomination is unknown, with its for

SAFAVID: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576, AR 1/2 tanka (1.64g), Timajan, ND, A-2608-var, Timajan is a rare mint in Gilan province, but this piece seems to a half

SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AR 2 shahi (4.57g), Timajan, ND, A-2624, countermarked ('adl Sha-)-hi Timajan on 2 shahi of Isma'i...

SAFAVID: Sulayman II, 1750, AR abbasi (5.03g), AH1163, A-2701, type B; mint off flan, but likely Mashhad, mount removed, VF, RRR.

HOTAKI: Azad Khan, 1750-1757, AR rupi (11.90g), Isfahan, AH1167, A-2726, KM-481.1, Dar al-Saltanat mint epithet, VF, R, ex SARC Auction 10 Lot 974.

AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR rupi (11.53g), Tiflis (Tbilisi in Georgia), AH1153, A-2744.1, nice strike, VF, R.

AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR rupi (11.40g), Kabul, DM, A-2744.2, 3 testmarks, VG-F, RR.

AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR abbasi (5.43g), Mashhad, AH1150, A-2748.1, type A1 with mint on obverse, date on reverse, XF.

ZAND: 'Ali Murad Khan, 1781-1785, AR rupi (11.59g), Isfahan, AH1196, A-H2815, Zeno-315889 (this piece), extremely rare type, struck briefly at I...

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV toman (3.54g), Rasht, AH1268, A-2921, slightly uneven surfaces, VF.

QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AR award medal, ND, Rabino-42, lion & sun within wreath // royal legend in center, lengthy legend around; l...

SHAYBANID: Muhammad Shaybani, 1500-1510, AR tanka (4.61g), Awbah, ND, A-2980.1, countermarked on the common tanka of Sultan Husayn, Herat mint; VF nic

SHAYBANID: 'Abd Allah II, 1583-1598, AV 1/2 mithqal (2.31g), NM, AH999, A-2993, about 15% flat strike, VF, R.

SHAYBANID: 'Abd Allah II, 1583-1598, AV 1/2 mithqal, ND, A-2993, uncertain mint; unusual type, unlike any example on CoinArchives or Zeno, ANACS...

KHIVA: Allah Quli, 1825-1842, AR tanga (3.14g), AH12x6, NS-X30, "12" of date on obverse, "6" on reverse, very rare date of the r...

KHIVA: Sayyid 'Abd Allah, 1918-1920, AE 2½ tanga (4.61g), AH1337//1337, Y-9.1. A-3089F, NS-X71, yellow bronze, variety with ten sun rays, r...

KHWAREZM: People's Soviet Republic, AE 20 roubles (20 manat) (8.31g), AH1339, Y-15.2. A-3089P, NS-X79b, some oxidation and light scratches, six-...

KHWAREZM: People's Soviet Republic, AE 25 roubles (25 manat) (9.57g), AH1339, Y-16.2. A-3089Q, NS-X80c, red bronze, eight-pointed star, with reg...

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, 1772-1793, AR rupee (11.50g), Mashhad, ND, A-3100M, special couplet used only at Mashhad, still only partially deciphered, but c

DURRANI: Humayun Shah, 1793, AR rupee (11.52g), Ahmadshahi (= Qandahar), AH1207, A-3105, KM-128, Zeno-112278, with the mint epithet ashraf al-bilad,...

CIVIC COPPER: AE falus (16.48g), Bistam (Bastam), AH12xx, A-3223S, Zeno-329470 (same dies), goose facing right, head turned back // mint & date,...

CIVIC COPPER: AE falus (4.42g), Hamadan. ND, A-3234, lion rampant, corrupt Armenian or Cyrillic text around; style of the first half of the 19th centu

CIVIC COPPER: Anonymous, ca. 1780-1830, AE falus (6.69g), Hamadan, ND, A-3234, two birds, back to back, ra'ij above, lovely strike, VF, RR, ex R...

CIVIC COPPER: AE falus (5.71g), Tashqurghan, ND, A-3268, KM-99, 9-petal flower, very rare mint in northern Afghanistan, in operation very briefly circ

ANCIENT INDIA: Anonymous, ca. 500-400 BC, AR ½ karshapana (1.72g), Ra-, 4 punches: elephant right, 4 crescents & pellets around annulet wit...

ANCIENT INDIA: Uncertain issue, ca. 6th/4th century BC, AR thick unit (3.72g), 6-arm symbol around a circle, not unlike some of the Gandharan issues,

KUNINDA: Amoghabuti, 2nd/1st century BC, AR drachm (2.19g), Pieper-1198, deer with Lakshmi, vase, and srivatsa, Brahmi legend // hill with nandipada o

MAITRAKAS OF VALLABHI: ca. 5th/6th century, AR drachm (1.81g), Mitch-4887, Pieper-3623, king's bust to right // trident with legend around, choi...

MAURYAN: ca. 3rd/2nd century BC, cast AE square unit (3.12g), Pieper-321, elephant, taurine, swastika, and Indradhvaja // railed tree, cross, and hill

PANDYA: Anonymous, ca. 1st century BC, AE square unit (12.89g), Pieper-3164, railed tree, nandyavarta, bull and hill on right, six-armed symbol on lef

POST-MAURYAN: Anonymous, 2nd century BC, AE square unit (2.70g), Pieper-434, railed tree, Ujjain symbol above taurine on right, snake (?) on left, riv

SATAVAHANAS: Satakarni, king, 1st century BC, AE square unit (9.17g), Nasik region: elephant right, large swastika above, legend satakanisa to left //

SAURASHTRA: Anonymous, 1st century BC, AE square unit (2.38g), Pieper-494, six-armed symbol to left, taurine standard in center, crude human to right,

YAUDHEYA: Anonymous, 1st/2nd century AD, AE roundish unit (5.73g), Pieper-1635, six-headed Karttikeya, legend around // deer facing temple, srivatsa,

INDO-SCYTHIAN: Azilises, ca. 57-35 BC, AR tetradrachm (9.27g), Mitch-2270/77, king on horseback, holding whip // city goddess standing, holding lamp...

KUSHAN: Kanishka I, ca. 127-155, AE tetradrachm (16.30g), Jammu-Kashmir, Mitch-3155, king standing left, nimbate, holding trident and sacrificing over

KUSHAN: Kipunada, ca. 350-375, debased AV dinar (6.76g), Mitch-3589, king standing left, nimbate, sacrificing over altar to left and holding trident,

KUSHANO-SASANIAN: late issue, ca. 400-425, AR drachm (4.05g), G-30, Mitch-1321/23, imitating the standard Sasanian drachm of Varhran IV (388-399), bro

KIDARITE: Kidara, 4th/5th century, debased AV dinar (7.82g), cf. Mitch-3618/20, king standing left, KiDaRa below left arm // stylized Ardoksho enthron

KIDARITE: Vinayaditya, ca. 776-807, debased AV dinar (7.61g), Cribb-32, highly stylized king standing left // abstract Ardoksho seated facing, sri vin

KIDARITE: Vinayaditya, ca. 776-807, debased AV dinar (7.69g), Cribb-32, highly stylized king standing left // abstract Ardoksho seated facing, sri vin

WESTERN KSHATRAPAS: Rudradaman I, ca. 130-165, AE square unit (2.85g), Pieper-3484, facing bull, square frame // hill, sun, crescent, nearly XF, RR.

CHALUKYAS: Vishnuvardhana, early 7th century, AE round, uncertain alloy (3.54g), lion right, Brahmi legend shri vishamasiddhi // conch between lamps,

GAHADAVALAS OF KANAUJ: Govinda Chandra, ca. 1114-1154, AV 4½ masha (3.99g), De-145, goddess Lakshmi seated facing // Devanagari legend srimad g...

HARIKELA: Anonymous, AR 30 ratti bracteate (3.29g), ca. 10th-11th century, Mitch-144 (Bangladesh & Later Arakan), 49mm, humped bull, crescent in...