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

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AV dinar (4.20g), Madinat Fès, AH536, A-466.3, H-378, with heir Tashufin, wonderful delicate calligraphy, used ...

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AV dinar (4.16g), al-Mariya (Almería, Spain), AH537, A-466.3, H-403, refined calligraphic style for the reverse...

ALMORAVID: Tashufin b. 'Ali, 1142-1145, AV dinar, Nul Lamta, AH538, A-471.1, H-414, mint location is southwestern Morocco, F-VF, R.

ALMORAVID: Abu Bakr b. Yahya, fl. 1147/48, AV dinar (4.17g), Dar'a, AH542, A-476J, traditional Almoravid design and legends, with the name abu b...

HINTATA: Sulayman b. Wanudin, early 6th century, AR dirham (1.33g), NM, ND, A-477H, just the name Sulayman in the obverse center, Wanudin in the rever

HINTATA: Sulayman b. Wanudin, early 6th century, AR 1/2 dirham (0.53g), NM, ND, A-477J, just the name Sulayman in the obverse center, no marginal lege

ALMOHAD: Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Mu'min, 1130-1163, AV 1/2 dinar (2.31g), Fès, A-478, Zeno-239342 (this piece), mint name repeated below t...

ALMOHAD: Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Mu'min, 1130-1163, AV 1/2 dinar (2.31g), Fès, A-478, abbreviated forms of the mint name repeated below ob...

ALMOHAD: Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Mu'min, 1130-1163, AV 1/4 dinar (1.15g), NM, ND, A-479, H-467, superbly elegant text engraving, wonderful XF, R.

ALMOHAD: Abu Hafs 'Umar, 1248-1266, AV 1/2 dinar (2.29g), NM, A-492, VF, R.

ALMOHAD: Abu Hafs 'Umar, 1248-1266, AR square dirham (1.54g), al-Hadra al-Mu'miniya al-Murtadiya, ND, A-493A, type identical to Nicol-, cf. ...

HAFSID: Abu Zakariya' Yahya I, 1230-1249, AV dinar (4.68g), Sabta (Ceuta, Spain), ND, A-499S, H-553, Zeno-253654 (this piece), slightly wavy sur...

HAFSID: Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II, 1310-1346, AV dinar (4.72g), NM, A-507.2, with the title amir al-mu'minin as general ruler AH718-747; nice strike...

HAFSID: Abu Faris 'Abd al-'Aziz II, 1394-1434, AV dinar (4.75g), Qafsa, A-511, rare mint, now Gafsa in southwestern Tunisia; some weakness o...

ZIYANID: Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad I, 1431-1462, AV dinar (4.67g) (Tilimsan), A-519, H-665, about 10% flat strike towards the rims, VF-XF, R.

MERINID: Abu Yahya Abu Bakr, 1244-1258, AV dinar (4.28g), ND, A-520, totally anonymous; slightly bent, VF. Elhadri has reassigned this type to Abu Y...

MERINID: temp. Abu Ya'qub Yusuf, 1286-1307, AV dinar (4.62g), NM, A-524, H-725, anonymous reverse legend al-mulku lillah wahdahu / la quwwa illa...

MERINID: Abu Sa'id 'Uthman II, 1310-1331, AV dinar (4.68g), Fès, A-527, H-726, VF.

MERINID: Abu Sa'id 'Uthman II, 1310-1331, AV dinar (4.53g), Sijilmasa, A-527, H-732, VF.

MERINID: Abu Sa'id 'Uthman II, 1310-1331, AV 1/2 dinar (2.20g), Sijilmasa, ND, A-A528, 4-line legends in the field on both sides, slight wea...

MERINID: temp. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali, 1331-1351, AV dinar (4.61g), Fès, A-528.2, Zeno-250384 (this piece), with the Nasrid term la ghalib il...

MERINID: temp. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali, 1331-1351, AV dinar (4.57g), Fès, A-528.2, cf. Zeno-250384, with the Nasrid phrase la ghalib illa Alla...

MERINID: temp. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali, 1331-1351, AV dinar (4.64g), Mansurat Tilimsan, A-528.3, Zeno-251560 (this piece), with the Ziyanid term ma...

MERINID: temp. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali, 1331-1351, AV dinar (4.68g), NM, A-528.3, with the Ziyanid term ma aqrab faraj Allah on the last line of ob...

MERINID: Abu Faris 'Abd al-'Aziz II, 1393-1396, AV dinar (4.57g), Marrakesh, A-540.2, H-840var, as Haz-840 but mint name Marrakesh rather th...

MERINID: Anonymous, ca. late 13th or 14th century, AR square double dirham (3.12g), NM, ND, A-547D, Brethes-1073 (assigned to the Almohads), Hohertz-8

SA'DIAN SHARIFS: Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah, 1557-1574, AV 1/2 dinar (1.91g), Fès, AH969, A-556, as Brethes-1416, which is dated AH968, ob...

ALAWI SHARIF: Muhammad al-Yazid, 1790-1792, AV 1/2 bunduqi (1.62g), Tetuan, AH"1202", A-603, E-426, actually dated AH1206 with retrograde ...

ALAWI SHARIF: Sulayman, 1793-1822, AV bunduqi, Fès, AH1238, A-618, about 10% flat strike (not noted on the slab), NGC graded MS63, R.

ALAWI SHARIF: 'Abd al-Rahman, 1822-1859, AV bunduqi, Fès, AH1243, A-633, slight weakness (not noted on the slab), NGC graded XF45, R.

IKHSHIDID: Muhammad, 935-946, AR donative 1/2 dirham (1.58g), Misr, AH330, A-A676, citing his full name muhammad bin tughj, which appears only on his

IKHSHIDID: Abu'l-Qasim, 946-961, AV dinar (4.12g), Misr, AH344, A-676, average strike for this type, XF-AU.

FATIMID: al-Mahdi, 909-934, AV 1/4 dinar (1.09g), NM, AH310, A-689, date likely, as on Nicol-93 of AH310, choice XF.

FATIMID: al-Mahdi, 909-934, AV 1/4 dinar (1.04g), NM, AH322, A-689, Nicol-104, date seems significantly clear, choice XF.

FATIMID: al-Mahdi, 909-934, AV 1/4 dinar (1.04g), NM, DM, A-689, style of Nicol-79 ff, choice XF.

FATIMID: al-Mahdi, 909-934, AR reduced dirham (1.91g), Madinat Fas (Fès), AH320, A-U690, the reverse has the mint/date formula in the inner mar...

FATIMID: al-Qa'im, 934-946, AR 1/2 dirham (1.26g), Fès, AH(3)30, A-693, Nicol-144-var (type D+), without the phrase madinat before the city...

FATIMID: al-Qa'im, 934-946, AR 1/2 dirham (1.19g) (Sabta?), DM, A-693, Nicol, style and arrangement as Nicol type C, except that the text muhamm...

FATIMID: al-Mansur, 946-953, AV dinar (4.16g), al-Mahdiya, AH337, A-694, Nicol-241 (only 2 pieces cited), with the month of Dhu'l-Qa'da, dec...

FATIMID: al-Mu'izz, 953-975, AV dinar (4.09g), Misr, AH365, A-697, Nicol-371, slight crinkle near edge, VF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection.

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.05g), al-Mahdiya, AH394, A-709.2, Nicol-1219, lightly wavy flan, cleaned and slightly clipped, VF, RR. Only o

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.07g), al-Mansuriya, AH394, A-709.2, Nicol-1137, clear mint and date; some weakness at the rims, VF-XF.

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.05g), al-Mansuriya, AH394, A-709.2, Nicol-1137, clear mint and date; some weakness at the rims, VF-XF.

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.04g), al-Mansuriya, AH395, A-709.2, Nicol-1139, sufficiently legible mint and date, XF.

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.08g), al-Mansuriya, AH395, A-709.2, Nicol-1139, sufficiently legible mint and date; average strike, XF.

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV 1/4 dinar (1.06g), Siqilliya, ND, A-710, as Nicol-991, but with clear mint name (type I1), slight weakness, but still

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV dinar (4.18g), Misr, AH422, A-714.2, Nicol-1528 (his type H1), the word 'adl in the center on both sides; fabul...

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV 1/4 dinar (0.98g), Siqilliya, AH422, A-715, Nicol-1423, Nicol's type C1, full clear date, bold strike, minor we...

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV 1/4 dinar (0.98g), , ND, A-715, Nicol-1614, Nicol's type J2, same as J1 except without mint & date, as the

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AR fractional dirham (0.62g), MM, DM, A-723, citing Ma'add al-Mustansir in the inner marginal legends, traces ...