Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 52 | May 15-18, 2025

ROMAN EMPIRE: Leo I, 457-474 AD, AV solidus (4.44g), Constantinople, 462-466 AD, RIC-605, 7th officina, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust f

ROMAN EMPIRE: Zeno, 474-491 AD, AV solidus (4.44g), Rome, RIC-3656, 3rd officina, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holdin

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Justin II, 565-587, AV solidus (4.50g), Constantinople, S-345, cuirassed bust facing, wearing helmet with pendilia, holding Victory

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Heraclius, 610-641, AV solidus (4.19g), Constantinople, ca. 638-641, SB-770, with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas, 4th officina

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Constans II, 641-668, AV solidus (4.38g), Constantinople, 662-667, SB-964, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius, 5th officin

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Constantine V Copronymus, 741-775, AV solidus (3.88g), Syracuse, 751-775, SB-1565, with Leo IV, crowned busts of Constantine and Leo

BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Theophilus, 829-842, AV solidus (3.88g), Syracuse, SB-1670, crowned bust facing, holding cross potent, +ThEOFILOS // crowned bust fa

BYZANTINE IMITATIVE: Unknown Issuer, AV solidus (4.09g), imitating issue of Constans II, facing bust with long beard and long horizontal moustache, st

AXUM: Aphilas, ca. 300 AD, AR unit (0.65g), M&J-10, bust right, crescent & pellet above // bust right in central circle, with much of origin...

AXUM: Ebana, 5th century AD, AV unit (1.61g), M&J-71-72, crowned bust right, holding stick, flanked by wheat stalks // bust wearing head cloth r...

AXUM: Wazena, ca. 525, AE unit (0.86g), M&J-118, bust right // ornate cross, with original gold at the center of the cross, small flan defect, VF

SABAEAN: Anonymous, ca. 3rd-2nd century BC, AR unit (5.25g), Huth-225, CAF-1.4i8, imitating an Athenian issue, helmeted head of Athena right, mark of

SABAEAN: Anonymous, ca. 3rd-2nd century BC, AR unit (5.29g), Huth-230, CAF-1.4ci2, imitating an Athenian issue, helmeted head of Athena right, mark of

ACHAIMENIDIAN EMPIRE: temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca. 420-375 BC, AV daric (8.35g), Sardes, Carradice Type-IIIb (late type), BMC Arabia pl. XXIV

CHARACENE: Hyspaosines, ca. 140-121 BC, AR tetradrachm (15.78g), Charax-Spasinu, SE 184 (129/8 BC), Sunrise-463, Alram-491var (unpublished date), diad

SASANIAN KINGDOM: Peroz, 457-484 AD, AV dinar (3.73g), BBA (The Court Mint), ND, G-172, King's crown with two wings (struck during the last port...

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

BACTRIAN YABGHUS: Anonymous, early 7th century, AR drachm (3.92g), LHW (for Rukhaj near Qandahar), year "12", Vondrovec-265, late Sasanian...

BACTRIAN YABGHUS: Anonymous, early 7th century, AR drachm (4.03g), uncertain mint, year "10", Vondrovec-265, late Sasanian bust, based on ...

NEZAK HUNS: Nezak Malka, ca. 6th century, BI drachm (3.51g), G-266A, Mitch-1555, bearded bust right, wearing winged crown surmounted by bull's h...

WESTERN TURKS: Tegin of Khorasan, 8th century, AR drachm (3.51g), year "77", G-208, in the name of Iltelagar of the Khalaj in Brahmi, call...

YABGHUS OF TOKHARISTAN, 7th century, AR drachm (4.18g), year 12, Vondrovec-265A, winged bust right derived from the Sasanian Vistahm (591-596), with b

BUKHARA: Gatfar, 7th/8th century, AE cash (1.38g), Zeno-183397 (this piece), and Zeno-1306 for more information, King's bust, with Hunnic crown ...

CHACH: Anonymous, 7th/8th century, AE cash (1.69g), Zeno-39570, S&K-6.8 (type IV), lion right, no legend, uniface, superb example, much rarer th...

CHACH: Er-tegin, ca. 8th century, AE cash (2.08g), cf. Zeno-318554 for full description, obverse Sogdian legend yncw 'yrtkyn xwß ("Rul...

CHACH: KABARNA: Anonymous, ca. 620-750, AE unit (4.65g), cf. Zeno-346968 (the only other reported example of this subtype, S&K, single portrait ...

CHORESMIA: Wazamar, late 3rd to early 4th century AD, AR tetradrachm (8.39g), Mitch-499 (IG), Vainberg-B2-V, bearded head of King right, wearing falco

KESH: Akhurpat, ca. 720s-737, AE cash (1.48g), Smirnova-1359, Zeno-49953, human head with Sasanian-style winged crown // Sogdian word prn ("gra...

SOGDIANA: Afrig Devashtich, in Pendjikent, 719-722, AE solid cash (2.13g), Smirnova-400 ff, Zeno-53716, Sogdian script // two tamghas, Chinese-style c

SEMIRECH'E: Anonymous, 7th/8th century, AE thick cash (9.00g), Zeno-146050, local imitation of the Kai Yuan Tung Bao cash of the Tang Dynasty, s...

SEMIRECH'E: Inal-Tegin, mid-8th century, AE cash (2.80g), Kam-34, cf. Zeno-216064, name of ruler in distorted Sogdian script // Runic letter P p...

SOGDIANA: Anonymous Khagan, 7th/8th century, AE cash (2.73g), Smirnova-1365, cf. Zeno-35920, uniface coin cast in Chinese-style, Sogdian legend bgy ...

YUEH CHI: Pulages, 1st century BC, AR obol (0.66g), Senior-A5.1, helmeted and draped bust right // lion standing right, crescent above, a lovely examp

UYGHUR KHAGANATE: Boquq Qaghan, 797-808, AE cash, round hole (3.26g), Zeno-226889, written in Uyghur script, words reading from right to left: KWYL PY

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 653-670, AR drachm (3.97g), GD (Jayy), YE37, A-4, Malek-552/553, bold strike, nearly XF

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (4.20g), BYSh (Bishapur), YE47, A-12, Malek-270, Bishapur is a surprisingly rare mint f...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (3.48g), BCLA (al-Basra), AH59, A-12, four pellets after bism Allah, with countermark #...

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Harith b. 'Abd Allah, 683-684, AR drachm (2.54g), SYWKAN (unlocated mint), AH63, A-13, Malek-1226, standard design, but with s...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khalid b. 'Abd Allah, ca. 692-694, AR drachm (3.66g), BCLA (al-Basra), AH74, A-24A, Malek, with muhammad rasul Allah in ObQ3, pel...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (3.74g), SK (Sijistan), ND, A-38A, Arabic yz in first quadrant of obverse margin, ...

ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, early 8th century, AE pashiz (2.57g), NM, ND, A-40, Gyselen-86, important type, but still without interpretation of most of

ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz (1.05g), KWAT (Kavad-Khurra), A-O46, Khusro style bust right // standing figure in armor, facing righ

ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 698-710, AE pashiz (0.55g), Marw, A-V46, legends only, Pahlavi MRW / GDW / APZWT // Arabic baraka / min Allah; unpublish

EASTERN SISTAN: Murad, 770s, AR drachm (3.93g), SK (Sijistan), ND, A-87, fantastic example, despite being pierced once, nearly XF, RRR.

EASTERN SISTAN: 'Amr, 770s, AR drachm (3.18g), SK (Sijistan), ND, A-N84, standard type, with the governor's name in ObQ1, without rabbi in O...

EASTERN SISTAN: Misma', ca. 770s/780s, AR drachm (3.21g), SK (Sijistan), ND, A-85, standard design, with his name in ObQ1 followed by bism Allah...

EASTERN SISTAN: Misma', 772, AR drachm (3.70g), SK (Sijistan), ND, A-85, standard type, with the governor's name in ObQ1, bold strike, VF-XF...

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Pseudo-Byzantine series, ca. 640s-660s, AE fals (folles) (3.31g), NM, A-3504, derived from Constans II (641-668) class 4, struck 644-6

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (3.31g), Sinjar, A-3539S, Goodwin-208 (same reverse die, probably same obverse die), citing the

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.28g), NM (Dimashq), AH78, A-125, superb strike and wonderfully centered! AU. AH78 is the earliest a...