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

ALAWI SHARIF: 'Abd al-Rahman, 1822-1859, AV 1/2 bunduqi, Fès, AH1248//1248, A-634, Cr-145, the half bunduqi is much rarer than the full bun...

TULUNID: Khumarawayh, 884-896, AV dinar (4.20g), Misr, AH275, A-664.1, citing al-Mu'tamid & the caliphal heir al-Mufawwad, XF

TULUNID: Khumarawayh, 884-896, AV dinar (3.91g), Misr, AH276, A-664.1, citing the caliph al-Mu'tamid and the western heir-apparent al-Mufawwad, ...

TULUNID: Harun, 896-905, AV dinar (4.12g), Dimashq, AH287, A-667.1, citing the caliph al-Mu'tadid; superb bold strike, XF-AU, R.

IKHSHIDID: Abu'l-Qasim, 946-961, AV dinar (4.69g), Filastin, AH341, A-676, date weak but sufficiently legible to confirm; somewhat crinkled, VG-F

IKHSHIDID: Abu'l-Qasim, 946-961, AV dinar (3.64g), Filastin, AH346, A-676, somewhat crude strike, about 10% flat, F-VF

IKHSHIDIDS: Abu'l-Qasim, 946-961, AR dirham (2.45g), Tabariya, AH353, A-677, minimal weakness for this mint (this mint usually comes struck much...

FATIMID: al-Mahdi, 909-934, AV 1/4 dinar (1.05g), MM, DM, A-689, VF-XF

FATIMID: al-Qa'im, 934-946, AV dinar (4.11g), al-Mahdiya, AH327, A-691, decent strike, pierced; very clear mint & date, Fine, R.

FATIMID: al-Qa'im, 934-946, AR light dirham (1.03g), , AH(3)27, A-693F, Nicol (type B1), this appears to be the first known silver coin of

FATIMID: al-Mu'izz, 953-975, AV dinar (4.19g), al-Mansuriya, AH360, A-697, Nicol-418, excellent strike, XF

FATIMID: al-Mu'izz, 953-975, AV dinar (4.09g), al-Mansuriya, AH361, A-697, Nicol-421, Fine

FATIMID: al-Mu'izz, 953-975, AV dinar (4.03g), Misr, AH363, A-697, evenly worn, Fine

FATIMID: al-Mu'izz, 953-975, AV dinar (3.21g), A-697S-var, North African imitation, likely issued by one of the many Berber tribes in the region...

FATIMID: al-Mu'izz, 953-975, AR 1/4 dirham (0.66g), NM, AH357, A-700-var, Nicol, obverse legend ma'add / al-imam / amir al-mu'minin, thu...

FATIMID: al-Mu'izz, 953-975, AR 1/4 dirham (0.75g), NM, ND, A-700-var, Nicol, obverse legend al-imam / abu tamim amir / al-mu'minin, thus wi...

FATIMID: al-'Aziz, 975-996, AV dinar (4.15g), Misr, AH368, A-703, Nicol-702, nice strike, slightly uneven surfaces, bold VF

FATIMID: al-'Aziz, 975-996, AV dinar (4.15g), al-Mahdiya, AH372, A-703, Nicol-804, slightly uneven surfaces, strong VF

FATIMID: al-'Aziz, 975-996, AV dinar (4.17g), Misr, AH372, A-703, Nicol-707, nice Fine

FATIMID: al-'Aziz, 975-996, AV dinar (4.16g), Misr, AH379, A-703, Nicol-715, contemporary imitation, with somewhat carelessly engraved text; par...

FATIMID: al-'Aziz, 975-996, AV dinar (4.15g), Misr, AH380, A-703, Nicol-716, slightly crimped, Fine

FATIMID: al-'Aziz, 975-996, AV dinar (4.08g), Filastin, AH385, A-703, Nicol-684, excellent example, with a touch of uneven surface (hardly notic...

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.18g), Misr, AH403, A-709.3, Nicol-1091, bull legends on both sides, crimped, VF

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.27g), Misr, AH404, A-709.3, Nicol-1092, lightly crimped, VF

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (3.87g), Sur, AH408, A-709.3, Nicol-1011, fully legible mint & date; extremely rare mint for al-Hakim, cit...

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.08g), al-Mansuriya, AH407, A-709A, Nicol-1158, crinkled, VG.

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.21g), Misr, AH408, A-709A, Nicol-1100, citing the heir 'Abd al-Rahman, strong Fine

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.19g), Misr, AH409, A-709A, Nicol-1102, citing the Fatimid heir apparent 'Abd al-Rahman (cousin of al-Ha...

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV dinar (4.07g), Atrabulus, AH411, A-709A, Nicol-1032, slightly crimped surfaces, clear mint & date, Fine, R.

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV 1/4 dinar (0.99g), Tarabulus (Tripoli), AH400, A-710, Nicol-1023, very clear mint & date; Nicol cited only one e...

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV dinar (4.20g), Misr, AH416, A-714.1, Nicol-1518, bold strike, VF

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV dinar (3.90g), Filastin, AH418, A-714.1, Nicol-1449, full strike without any weakness, VF, R.

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV dinar (4.00g), al-Mahdiya, AH427, A-714.1, Nicol-1604, strong obverse, somewhat double-struck reverse, slightly uneve

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV dinar (4.19g), Misr, AH424, A-714.2, Nicol-1634, the word 'adl in the center on both sides, rare date; mount re...

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV dinar (4.24g), Filastin, AH424, A-714.3, Nicol-1505, with Arabic letter "Z" in center both sides; bold st...

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV dinar (4.00g), Sur, AH427, A-714.3, Nicol-1486 (only 1 example), slightly wavy surfaces, F-VF, RRR. There are 2 addit

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AV dinar (3.94g), al-Mahdiya, AH437, A-719.1, Nicol-2221 (his type S1), nice even strike, choice VF, RR. This piece

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AV dinar (3.45g), Sur, AH438, A-719.1, obverse double-struck, mostly in the margin; lovely reverse, VF

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AV dinar (4.12g), Misr, AH439, A-719.2, Nicol-2119 (type I1), short-lived type used at Misr only from AH439-440, mag

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AV dinar (4.01g), MM, AH439, A-719.2, VF

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AV dinar (4.15g), Misr, AH483, A-719.2, Nicol-2169, nice strike, F-VF

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AV 1/4 dinar (0.66g), Sur, AH463, A-721, Nicol-1913a (date called 433), extremely rare type, with the word 'ad...

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, BI dirham aswad (1.47g), NM/MM, ND, A-723, Nicol-2306/07 (type Y2), with the remarkable phrase 'ala afdal al-w...

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, BI dirham aswad (0.83g), DM, DM/ND, A-723H, stellate design as on the Sicilian stellate gold quarter dinar, but this

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AR fractional dirham aswad (0.40g), ND, A-723-var, elegant calligraphy: just al-imam / ma'add in the center, b...

FATIMID: al-Hafiz, 1131-1149, AV dinar (4.67g), al-Iskandariya, AH535, A-735.3, one scratch on each side, a few scrapes on reverse, bold strike and ov

FATIMID related: Anonymous, probably 10th/11th century, debased AV fractional dinar (0.68g), ND, Unpublished, 13mm; obverse legend 'azîz (&...

HAMDANID: Abu'l-Ma'âli and Abu'l-Hasan abnâ Sa'id al-Dawla, 1002-1008/09, BI dirham (3.89g), MM, DM, A-752H, cf. Zeno-1843...

HAMDANID: 'Aziz al-Dawla Fatik, 1017-1024, BI dirham (0.80g), NM, ND, A-A753.1, the last Hamdanid ruler, cited as 'Aziz al-Dawla Abu Shuja&#...

MIRDASID: Shibl al-Dawla Nasr I, 1029-1038, BI dirham (Thaghr Halab), AH(427), A-767, mint name means "frontier of Aleppo" (Syria), al-Daw...