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

UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.80g), Marrûd (for Marw Rud), AH115, A-D204, bism Allah duriba bi-marrûd on the obvere, mint formula on the reverse; lo...

ABBASID: al-Amin, 809-813, AR dirham (2.40g), Ma'dan Bajunays (in Armenia), AH194, A-221.3b, Vard-209, citing da'ud above and sard below rev...

ABBASID: al-Ma'mun, 810-833, AR dirham (2.90g), al-Basra, AH199, A-223.4, citing Dhu'l-ri'asatayn, superb strike, XF, R, ex SARC Auction...

ABBASID: al-Ma'mun, 810-833, AR dirham (4.25g), NM (Madinat al-Salam), AH208, A-223.6, revised calligraphy, introduced in AH206, VF-XF.

ABBASID: al-Ma'mun, 810-833, AR 1/6 dirham (0.45g), Marw, AH202, A-223K, date after bism Allah al-rahman al-rahim in obverse margin, mint name b...

ABBASID: al Mu'tasim, 833-842, AV dinar (4.17g), Marw, AH220, A-225, Bernardi-151Ph, scarce mint for gold during this reign, lightly creased, VF.

ABBASID: al Mu'tasim, 833-842, AV dinar (4.21g), al-Muhammadiya, AH225, A-225, Bernardi-151Mh, rare mint for this reign, bold VF, R.

ABBASID: al Wathiq, 842-847, AV dinar (3.19g), Marw, AH229, A-227, Bernardi-152Ph, better mint for this reign, clipped down to a lighter standard (iss

ABBASID: al-Mutawakkil, 847-861, AV dinar (4.26g), Misr, AH244, A-229.3, bold strike for this mint, choice XF.

ABBASID: al-Musta'in, 862-866, AV dinar (4.19g), Misr, AH248, A-233.1, struck with worn dies, especially the reverse die, F-VF. This version has...

ABBASID: al-Muhtadi, 869-870, AV dinar (3.90g), al-Ahwaz, AH255, A-237, very rare mint for this caliph, only Madinat al-Salam is more frequent encount

ABBASID: al-Muhtadi, 869-870, AV dinar (4.19g), Misr, AH255, A-237A, struck from standard Misr 255 dies of type #236.2 of al-Mu'tazz with the na...

ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AV dinar (2.44g), al-Rafiqa, AH27x, A-239.4, citing al-Muwaffaq below the obverse and his son Ahmad (misspelled) ...

ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AV dinar (4.02g), Samarqand, AH268, A-239.5, somewhat weakly struck, clear mint & date, VF.

ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AR donative dirham (2.42g), Surra man Ra'a, AH258, A-240A, narrow design, as on the previous donatives of the...

ABBASID: al-Mu'tadid, 892-902, AV dinar (3.58g), al-Rafiqa, AH283, A-241, Bernardi-211Hn, VF, R.

ABBASID: al-Mu'tadid, 892-902, AR dirham (2.97g), Makka, AH283, A-242, some marginal weakness and one flan crack, VF, RRR. Another example from ...

ABBASID: al-Muktafi, 902-908, AV dinar (3.91g), al-Rafiqa, AH292, A-243.1, Bernardi-226Hn; Zeno-277119 (this piece), cleaned, bold VF-XF. Bernardi lis

ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AV donative double dinar (8.58g), Madinat al-Salam, AH299, A-Y245, standard design as on the normal dinar (A-245.2), bu

ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AV dinar (2.98g), al-Karaj (near Hamadan), AH315, A-245.2, still a scarce mint; typical strike for this mint, about 15%

ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AR dirham (3.23g), al-Rahba, AH306, A-246.2, rare mint, probably the finest example of this mint we have encountered, X

ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AR medalet (5.25g), 19mm, a special decorative silver piece in the caliph’s name, al-muqtadir on the reverse,

ABBASID: al-Radi, 934-940, AV dinar (4.38g), Qumm, AH324, A-254, Dauwe-53.Aa1 (same dies), Bernardi-285Mn, struck with an old reverse die of al-Muqtad

ABBASID: al-Radi, 934-940, AR dirham, Madinat al-Salam, AH329, A-255.3, citing both the heir Abu'l-Fadl and the chief amir Abu'l-Husayn Bajk...

ABBASID: al-Muqtadi, 1075-1094, AV dinar (4.29g), Madinat al-Salam, AH486, A-A266, citing the caliphal heir-apparent Dhakhr al-Din Abu'l-'Ab...

ABBASID: AE fals (3.39g), al-Quds, AH217, A-291, al-quds means "the holy" and is an epithet for Jerusalem; surprisingly, this is the only ...

ABBASID: Zubayda bint Ja'far bint al-Mansur, 765/66-831, lead seal (5.68g), A-338, legend in four lines: baraka min / Allah li-Umm / Ja'far ...

ABBASID: lead jizya-seal (5.47g), AH253, A-338Y, for 24 dirhams; in the names of Salih b. Wasif (rebel general at Samarra, where he deposed the caliph

ABBASID: lead jizya-seal (3.66g), AH253, A-338Y, for 24 dirhams; in the names of Salih b. Wasif (rebel general at Samarra, where he deposed the caliph

ABBASID: lead jizya-seal (4.09g), AH252, A-338Y, for 12 dirhams; in the names of 'Abd Allah Abi 'Abd ... and Muhammad b. Ahmad (the latter a...

ABBASID: AE fals (2.42g), NM, ND, A-X338, inscribed mimma amara / bihi ibrahim / bin al-hasan (or al-husayn) // muhammad / rasul / Allah; possibly an

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN: al-Hakam II, 961-976, AV dinar (4.03g), Madinat al-Zahra, AH357, A-351J, citing the Hajib Ja'far, as on all dinars of al-Hakam...

MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC SPAIN: Fatimid Imitative, AV 1/4 dinar (1.08g), NM, ND, cf. Album-715, contemporary imitation of a Fatimid 1/4 dinar of al-Zahir (102

HUDID OF DENIA: Sayyid al-Dawla Sulayman, 1090-1099, BI dirham (4.25g), Daniya, AH483, A-393, decent strike, some light porosity, pierced in center, V

DHU'L NUNID OF TOLEDO: al-Qadir Yahya II, 1075-1085, AV fractional dinar (1.10g), NM, ND, A-T398, Zeno-264212 (this piece), circular legend in m...

ABBADID OF SEVILLE: al-Mu'tamid Muhammad, 1069-1091, AV fractional dinar (1.26g), al-Andalus (= Sevilla), AH[4]61, A-403A, ruler cited only as a...

TAIFAS ALMORAVIDES: Anonymous, 1146-1155, AV dinar (4.11g), NM, AH545, A-405, Zeno-260598, cf. Vives y Escudero #2001, with the phrase al-amr kulluhu

KHAZRUNID: Wanudin, before ca. 1048, AV dinar (2.33g), NM, ND, A-455, kalima in 3 lines // reference to the fictitious imam cited on many Spanish and

KHAZRUNID: Mas'ud b. Wanudin, 1048-1053, AR qirat (0.85g), unknown mint, ND, A-457, legend al-amir / mas'ud / bin wanudin // uncertain legen...

KHAZRUNID: Mas'ud b. Wanudin, 1048-1053, AR 1/2 qirat (0.67g), NM, ND, A-457, Brethes, legend al-amir / mas'ud bin / wanudin, no marginal te...

AMIRS OF FÈS (Banu 'Atiyya): Hamama b. al-Mu'izz, 1031-1048, AE dirham (2.08g), Madinat Fès, AH431, A-H458, Fatimid style, derived...

ALMORAVID: Yusuf b. Tashufin, 1087-1106, AV dinar (4.18g), Aghmat, AH488, A-464.1, H-60, bold VF-XF.

ALMORAVID: Yusuf b. Tashufin, 1087-1106, AV dinar (4.11g), Aghmat, AH499, A-464.2, H-122, citing the heir 'Ali, the son of Yusuf. as al-amir; ve...

ALMORAVID: Yusuf b. Tashufin, 1087-1106, AV 1/4 dinar (1.06g), Sijilmasa, ND, A-464A, in his full name, yusuf bin tashufin, trace of weakness, fully l

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AV dinar (4.10g), Aghmat, AH508, A-466.1, H-160, Zeno-242693 (this piece), with the appropriate diacritics to each l...

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AV dinar (4.02g), Ishbiliya (Sevilla, Spain), AH521, A-466.2, H-220, citing the heir Sîr and the governor Y...

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AV dinar (4.14g), Marrakesh, AH527, A-466.2, Hazard-325, citing `Ali b. Yusuf and heir Sir below kalima, Qur'an ...

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AV dinar (4.20g), al-Mariya (Almería, Spain), AH533, A-466.2, Hazard-361, citing the heir apparent Sir, who was...

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AV dinar, Sijilmasa, AH534, A-466.3, H-370, citing the heir apparent Tashufin; some central weakness, probably as st...

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AV dinar (4.20g), Fès, AH535, A-466.3, H-376, with heir Tashufin, mint without the prefix madinat, amazing deli...