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

PHOENICIA: Tyre, AE shekel (14.24g), year 154 (28/9 AD), DCA-920, DCA Tyre-552 (same obverse die), laureate head of Melkart right // eagle standing le

ACHAIMENIDIAN EMPIRE: temp. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II, ca. 5th-4th century BC, AV daric (8.35g), BMC-58 (pl. XXV-12), Carradice Type IIIb, Sunrise-39, L

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Ardashir I, 224-241, AR drachm (4.58g), G-10, Type III/2/2, crowned bust with korymbos right // fire altar, pellet to left of altar

LOT WITHDRAWN The coin is genuine but was not to be listed in this auction.

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur I, 241-272, AE pashiz (3.67g), cf. Zeno-158890 for further information, king's bust right, without a crown // standard...

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varhran II, 276-293, AR drachm (3.77g), G-56, IV/1, busts of the king and the prince, the prince not holding anything, without the q

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Varhran II, 276-293, AR drachm (4.34g), G-68var, busts of the king right, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and the queen right, w

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur III, 383-388, AV stater (7.26g), Sind district, SNS type C8var, crowned bust right, without Brahmi SRI / fire altar with hea

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Shahpur III, 383-388, AV stater (7.33g), Sind district, SNS type C6, crowned bust right, Brahmi SRI to right / fire altar with head

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Vistahm, 591-597, AR drachm (4.14g), LD (Rayy), year 2, G-205, attractive portrait, with long hair instead of the hair-ball, stars f

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Vistahm, 591-597, AR drachm (3.97g), ML (Marw), year 3, G-205, bold portrait, with long hair instead of the hair-ball, stars flankin

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm (4.19g), SK (Sijistan), year 4, G-209var, unusual local design, carelessly engraved regnal year, lovel

ALKHON HUNS: Khingila, ca. 440-492, AV scyphate dinar (7.08g), G-85, king standing, facing to left, sacrificing at altar, holding scepter, tamgha to r

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: Chionite, 5th century, AR drachm (2.75g), Göbl-61, tall bust right with flames on both shoulders, tamgha #1 to right, cursive Gree...

HEPHTHALITE: Mepame, 5th century, AR drachm (3.81g), eastern region, Göbl-74var, tall bust right, tamgha #1 to right, name in Brahmi // remnant...

HEPHTHALITE: Mepame, 5th century, AR drachm (3.07g), eastern region, Göbl-74, tall bust right, tamgha #1 to right, name in Brahmi // remnants o...

WESTERN TURKS: Tegin of Khorasan, 8th century, AR drachm (3.30g), year "77", G-208, in the name of Iltelagar of the Khalaj in Brahmi, call...

ZABULISTAN: Anonymous, ca. 700, AR drachm (3.70g), Göbl-263, bust right, buffalo-head crown, 3 crescents in margin // standing Sasanian attenda...

CHAGHANIAN: Sashro Xidev, 6th-7th century, AR drachm (2.67g), Rtveladze-45, Khusraw I type (no text, star & crescent right / star left? complete...

CHAGHANIAN: Sashro Xidev, 6th-7th century, AR drachm (2.69g), Rtveladze-45, Khusraw I type (no text, star & crescent right / star left, squiggly...

NAKHSHEB: Anonymous, 6th/7th century, AE unit (2.57g), cf. Zeno-199474, long-haired bust facing slightly to the left, left hand raised, holding uncert

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, ca. 661-664, AR drachm (3.66g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH43 (actual date), A-7, Malek-517, 'Abd Allah cite...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Mu'awiya, 661-680, AR drachm (3.68g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-14, first Umayyad caliph, with his caliphal title AMYL-Y W...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.23g), APRSh (Abarshahr, now Nishapur), AH53, A-8, very rare mint for Ziyad, very minor bend

ARAB-SASANIAN: Talha b. 'Abd Allah, fl. 683-685, AR drachm (3.92g), SK (Sijistan), AH65, A-26, with the phrase talha lillah ("may God bless...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, 685-686, AR drachm (3.97g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH66, A-20, Malek-308, the first Arab-Sasanian silv...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, 685-705, AR drachm (3.99g), DA+P (Fasa), YE60, A-32, pellet at 11h30 in reverse margin, in the name of t...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (3.74g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, Malek-327, with the Kharijite slogan la hukm il...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (4.03g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, Malek-327, with the Kharijite slogan la hukm il...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (3.97g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, Malek-327, with the Kharijite slogan la hukm il...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (3.83g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, Malek-327, with the Kharijite slogan la hukm il...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (3.82g), DA (Darabjird), AH76, A-33, Malek-459, with the Kharijite slogan la hukm ill...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra, fl. 698-699, AR dirham (3.86g), SK (Sijistan), blundered date, A-37, rabbi in obv. Q3, a lovely bold s...

TABARISTAN: al-Mahdi Muhammad, heir apparent, 759-775, AR 1/2 drachm (1.78g), Tabaristan, AH146, A-R73, Malek-53, citing the governor Rawh b. Hatim; a

TABARISTAN: Ma'add, 789, AR 1/2 drachm (1.91g), Tabaristan, PYE138, A-67, governor's name in Arabic in the fourth corner of the obverse marg...

GHUZZ OF SYR DARYA: Anonymous, after 830, AR drachm (1.31g), A-99, cf. Zeno-124107, Afrighid style bust right, Arabic jabuya malik al-ghuzziya / mawla

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Anonymous, ca. 704-714, AV semissis (2.08g), NM, ND, A-120.1, Bernardi-21, struck in North Africa, Latin legends, highly abbreviated L

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.67g), al-Furat, AH79, A-126, Klat-501 (same dies), scarce mint in the vicinity of Basra in souther...

UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.27g), NM (Dimashq), AH95, A-127, choice XF.

UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AR dirham (2.89g), Herat, AH92, A-128, Klat-655b, XF, ex Robert Pelletreau collection, ex SARC Auction 15 Lot 103.

UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AR dirham (2.89g), Manadhir, AH93, A-128, Klat-617, with some original luster, lustrous AU, ex Robert Pelletreau collect

UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AR dirham (2.91g), Suq al-Ahwaz, AH94, A-128, Klat-491, excellent strike, although only slightly scarce mint/date, but a

UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.05g), NM (Dimashq), AH108, A-136, slightly clipped, better date, choice VF.

UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.28g), NM (Dimashq), AH123, A-136, nearly XF-AU.

UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.23g), NM (Dimashq), AH124, A-136, nearly XF.

UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AR dirham, al-Andalus, AH121, A-137, Klat-134, NGC graded XF45.

UMAYYAD: Marwan II, 744-750, AR dirham (2.85g), Ifriqiya, AH128, A-142, Klat-110, eight-point star below the obverse field, choice VF, RR. Umayyad dir

UMAYYAD: AE fals (2.50g), Busra, A-172, W-, Bone, 2-line obverse legend, VF, RRR. Only one example of this type files on CoinArchives, out of 13 fulus

UMAYYAD: AE fals (2.07g), al-Anbâr, ND, A-N196, legend amara Allah bi'l-wafâ wa'l-'adl in the center, the mint formula around ...