Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 50 | September 19-22, 2024

ANCIENT INDIA: GUPTA: Kumaragupta I, 409-450/52, AV dinar (8.08g), Kumar class III.C, horseman type: king on horseback right, holding no weapons, roya

CHANDELLAS OF JEJAKABHUKTI: Madana Varman, ca. 1129-1163, AV 4-1/2 masha (4.04g), De-141, seated Lakshmi facing // Devanagari legend srimad madana var

CHANDELLAS OF JEJUKABHUKTI: Trailokyavarman, ca. 1205-1247, AR 1-1/8 masha (1.02g), De-, Lakshmi seated // Devanagari legend srimad trai / lokya va /

CHITALDURGA: Madakeri Nayaka type, late 17th or 18th century, AV pagoda (3.26g), Mitch-937/39, Durga seated facing wearing turreted headdress // Devan

CHITALDURGA: Madakeri Nayaka type, late 18th century, AV pagoda (3.32g), Mitch-937/39, Durga seated facing wearing turreted headdress // Devanagari sc

GAHADAVALAS OF KANAUJ: Govinda Chandra, ca. 1114-1154, AV 4-1/2 masha (3.71g), De-145, goddess Lakshmi seated facing // Devanagari legend srimad go /

GAHADAVALAS OF KANAUJ: Govinda Chandra, ca. 1114-1154, AV 4-1/2 masha (4.08g), De-145, seated Lakshmi facing // Devanagari legend srimad govinda chand

KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI: Gangeya Deva, ca. 1015-1040, AV 4-1/2 masha (4.04g), De-119, seated deity Lakshmi, early fine style // 3-line royal legend, fin

KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI: Gangeya Deva, ca. 1015-1040, AV 4-1/2 masha, De-119, Mitch-410/413, seated deity Lakshmi // 3-line royal legend, ANACS graded V

HUNNIC KASHMIR: Toramana II, ca. 540-570, AE unit (7.03g), Pieper-1983, Mit-3792, Zeno-315884, king facing, holding scepter in his raised left hand, o

PARAMARAS OF VIDARBHA: Jagadeva, 12th century, AV pagoda (3.65g), cf. Zeno-79212, pelleted spearhead, name sri jagadeva in Nagari, and two geometrical

SIND: Kalha Deva, 12th century, AE jital (3.41g), Tye-36, bull left, Nagari sri kalha deva above, with Arabic sind on the bull's jhula (clear on...

VIJAYANAGAR: Hari Hara II, 1377-1404, AV 1/2 pagoda (1.71g), Mitch-NI:878, Siva & Parvati seated, 3-line legend reverse, XF, ex Ian Todd Collect...

VIJAYANAGAR: Krishna Devaraya, 1509-1529, AV pagoda (3.38g), Mitch-NI:898, Balakrishna seated facing, conch & discus in field // legend, probabl...

VIJAYANAGAR: Achyutaraya, 1529-1542, AV 1/2 pagoda (1.68g), Mitch-KA-671/72, Gandabherunda (two-headed mythical eagle) displayed, holding an elephant

WESTERN GANGAS: Anonymous, ca. 11th-15th century, AV pagoda (3.91g), Mitch-NI:702, caparisoned elephant standing right // floral decoration; deep stri

WESTERN GANGAS: Anonymous, ca. 11th-15th century, AV pagoda (3.91g), Mitch-NI:702, caparisoned elephant standing right // floral decoration, choice XF

WESTERN GANGAS: Anonymous, ca. 11th-13th century, AV pagoda (3.80g), Mitch-702, Fr-288, caparisoned elephant standing right // floral decoration; stru

YADAVAS OF DEVAGIRI: Ramachandra, 1270-1310, AV asu (pagoda) (3.82g), Mitch-NI:643, uniface with five obverse punches: Kannada letter shri twice, Sank

YADAVAS OF DEVAGIRI: Ramachandra, 1270-1311, AV asu (pagoda) (3.86g), Mitch-NI:643/45, uniface with five punches: Kannada letter shri twice, Sankha sh

YADAVAS OF TRIBHUVANAGIRI: Kumara Pala, before 1196, AV 4-1/2 masha (4.11g), De-150, seated Lakshmi facing // Devanagari legend srimad kumara pala dev

BENGAL: Rukn al-Din 'Ali Mardan, 1210/11-1213, AV fractional dinar of 20 ratti (2.30g), NM, ND, G-B7, horseman to left holding mace, with most o...

BENGAL: Iltutmish, 1217-1236, AR tanka (9.61g), , Vikrama [12]77, G-B18, horseman, holding mace in his right hand, galloping left // Nagari

BENGAL: Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad, 1213-1227, AR tanka (10.71g), NM, AH616, G-B27 (same dies), citing the ruler as ghiyath al-dunya wa'l-din abu&...

BENGAL: Ghiyath al-Din 'Iwad, 1213-1227, AR tanka (10.45g), NM, AH620, G-B31, with title 'Ali Burhan, clear date, nice strike, choice VF, R,...

BENGAL: Jalalat al-Din Raddiya, Queen at Delhi, 1236-1250, AR tanka (10.62g) (Lakh)nauti, AH(6)35, G-B57, struck in Bengal, but in the name of the Del

BENGAL: Ikhtiyar al-Din Ghazi Shah, in East Bengal, 1349-1352, AR tanka (10.94g), Hadrat Jalal Sunargaon, AH750, G-B138, ruler cited as al-sultan al-a

BENGAL: Ikhtiyar al-Din Ghazi Shah, in East Bengal, 1349-1352, AR tanka (10.94g), Hadrat Jalal Sunargaon, AH752, G-B138, ruler cited as al-sultan al-a

BENGAL: Ala al-Din Husain Shah, 1493-1519, AR tanka, Dar al-Darb, AH922, G-B736, a fantastic lustrous mint state example! NGC graded MS66.

BIJAPUR: Muhammad Adil Shah, 1627-1656, AR larin (4.73g), Dabul, AH1067, G-BJ21, lovely strike, full mint & date, XF, RRR. The name on the larin...

CHITTAGONG: Halal Shah, governor, 1597-1599, AR 1/4 tanka (2.34g), ND, Mitch-LW.325, G-CG6, excellent strike, VF-XF, RRR, ex SARC Auction 19 Lot 971.

DELHI: Shams al-Din Iltutmish, 1210-1235, AR tanka (10.87g) (Hadrat Delhi), AH(9)3(2), G-D36, struck from the land tax of Qanauj and Qiffar, VF-XF, ex

DELHI: Nasir al-Din Mahmud, 1246-1266, AV tanka (11.03g), Delhi, AH654, G-D135, clear mint & date, strong VF.

DELHI: Nasir al-Din Mahmud, 1246-1266, AV tanka (11.07g) (Delhi), DM, G-D135, late style, as on the tankas of his successor Balban, VF.

DELHI: Ghiyath al-Din Balban, 1260-1287, AV tanka (11.00g), Delhi, AH677, G-D155, well-centered bold strike, full mint & date, AU.

DELHI: Ghiyath al-Din Balban, 1260-1287, AV tanka (11.00g), Delhi, AH677, G-D221, excellent strike with bold mint & date, XF.

DELHI: Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq I, 1320-1325, AV tanka (11.01g), Mulk-i Tilang, AH(7)25, G-D303, mint & date barely visible but sufficient to conf...

DELHI: Muhammad III b. Tughluq, 1325-1351, AV dinar (12.82g), Delhi, AH727, G-D331, Muhammad III with the title al-wathiq bi-ta'yid al-rahman &q...

DELHI: Firuz Shah Tughluq, 1351-1388, AV tanka (11.02g), NM, ND, G-D463, always without mint & date, presumably struck at Delhi; amazing bold st...

DELHI: Firuz Shah Tughluq, 1351-1388, AV tanka (11.04g), NM, ND, G-D463, complex legends both sides, including the ruler's honorary title sayf a...

DELHI: Sikandar III, 1554-1555, AR rupee (11.34g), NM, AH962, G-D1150, several banker's marks on the edge only, bold strike, nearly XF, RR.

GUJARAT: Mahmud I, 1458-1511, AV heavy tanka, NM, ND, G-, obverse legend al-sultan mahmud shah bin muhammad khulid khilafatuhu (exact version not note

MUGHAL: Babur, 1526-1530, AR shahrukhi (4.63g), Badakhshan, AH9(29), A-2462.1, Rahman, similar to Rahman-06 to 08, but different central cartouche and

MUGHAL: Babur, 1526-1530, AR shahrukhi (4.67g), ND, A-2462.2, generally as Rahman-60, without ghazi and probably without mint name, VF, R. An example

MUGHAL: Kamran Mirza, 1530-1555, AR shahrukhi (4.72g), NM, ND, A-J2464; cf. Zeno-198471, countermarked 'adl-i padshah ghazi kamran on shahrukhi ...

MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR 1/2 rupee (5.18g), Jaunpur, ND, KM-60.1, some light adhesion, mainly on reverse, F-VF, RRR, ex Stephen Album Price List

MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AR shahrukhi (4.77g) (La)hore, AH963, KM-70.3, A-Q2464, Liddle-S24D, double-line border around both obverse & revers...

MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV mohur, Agra, AH977, KM-106.1, with the Agra mint epithet dar al-khilafa followed by the first two letters of agra; glor

MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV mohur (10.88g), Ahmadabad, AH986, KM-108.2, wonderful deep strike, NGC graded MS62.

MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV square heavy mohur (11.54g), AH981, KM-110A, assigned to the mint of Malwa based on the symbol that appears within the