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

AGHLABID: Ziyadat Allah I, 816-837, AR dirham, Ifriqiya, AH206, A-439.2, citing Masrur in obverse center, much porosity, VF

KHAZRUNID: Mas'ud b. Wanudin, 1048-1053, AR qirat (1.49g), NM, ND, A-457, obverse legend al-amir / mas'ud bin / wanudin // part of the kalim...

ANTI-FATIMID: Anonymous, ca. 930s/960s, AR fractional dirham (0.76g), NM, ND, A-457U, 1st half of the kalima, floral symbol below // abbreviated 2nd h

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AR qirat (0.90g), NM, ND, A-467.1, Vives-1701, obverse legend wali Allah amir al-muslimin 'ali, VF-XF

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AR qirat (0.87g), NM, ND, A-467.2, citing the heir Sir, same legends as Hazard-987 but the reverse differently arran...

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AR qirat (0.96g), NM, ND, A-467.2, Vives-1774, citing the heir Sir, XF

ALMORAVID: 'Ali, 1106-1142, AR qirat (0.96g), NM, ND, A-467.2, Vives-1824, citing the heir Tashufin, VF-XF

ALMORAVID: Tashufin b. 'Ali, 1142-1145, AR qirat (0.98g), NM, ND, A-472.2, citing the heir Ibrahim, double-struck, VF-XF, R.

ALMOHAD: Anonymous, 1160s, AR square dirham (1.55g), NM, ND, A-496, lightly lustrous, NGC graded MS61.

MERINID: Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Haqq II, 1420-1465, AR square dirham (0.87g), Miknasa (Meknès), ND, A-546, Hohertz-812, legends al-hamdu lill...

MERINID: Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Haqq II, 1420-1465, AR dirham (0.91g), Fès, A-547C.A1, Hohertz-838, with the reverse bottom line al-qur'a...

MERINID: Anonymous, 15th Century, AR square 1/2 dirham, Asila, ND, A-547A, mule of 2 reverse dies, VF, RR.

ALAWI SHARIF: Sulayman, 1793-1822, AV 1/2 bunduqi (1.52g), Tetuan, AH1208, A-619, Cr-112.4, Eustache-444, bent, also with some weakness of strike not

FATIMID: al-Mu'izz, 953-975, AR 1/2 dirham (1.18g), al-Mansuriya, AH(3)61, A-699, Nicol-456, bold mint & date; unusual symbol in the obverse...

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, AV 1/4 dinar (1.01g), Siqilliya, DM, A-710, slightly uneven surfaces, F-VF

FATIMID: al-Hakim, 996-1021, glass jital/weight (1.46g), A-713, Balog-FGJ-74, inscribed only al-hakim / bi-amr Allah, red-brown with a white stream in

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV 1/4 dinar (0.98g) (Siqilliya), AH420, A-715, Nicol-1418, month of Rajab, crimped & about 10% flat, F-VF

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV 1/4 dinar (0.96g), Siqilliya, AH422, A-715, Nicol-1423, very clear mint & date, pierced and slightly wavy surfa...

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV 1/4 dinar (0.97g), Siqilliya, AH423, A-715, Nicol-1426, bent, F-VF

FATIMID: al-Zahir, 1021-1036, AV 1/4 dinar (1.02g), Siqilliya, AH427, A-715, Nicol-1431, full mint & date, crimped, F-VF, RR.

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AV 1/4 dinar (0.98g), Siqilliya, DM, A-721, some modest weakness towards the rims, VF

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, BI dirham aswad (1.80g), NM, ND, A-723, al-imam ma'add in the center, rest of his titulature around // kalima ...

FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, tiny glass jital/weight (0.42g), A-724, variant of Balog-FGJ-294, inscribed only al-mustansir with an uncertain symb

SICILIAN REBELLION: Muhammad b. 'Abbad, 1219-1222, BI denaro (dirham) (0.59g), A-A747, claiming to be caliph with the title amir al-muslimin dur...

HAMDANID: 'Aziz al-Dawla Fatik, 1017-1024, BI dirham (0.32g), NM, ND, A-A753.2, the last Hamdanid ruler, cited as 'Aziz al-Dawla Abu Shuja&#...

HAMDANID: Sayf al-Dawla, in Aleppo, 942-967, AE polyhedral weight (14.96g), with the top inscribed in Arabic al-amir / sayf / al-dawla, weight for fiv

UQAYLID: Mu'tamid al-Dawla & Abu Fadl, ca. 1016-1021, AR dirham, Nasibin, AH410, A-759A, sufficiently clear mint & date, decent strike, ...

UQAYLID: Mu'tamid al-Dawla & Abu Fadl, ca. 1016-1021, AR dirham (4.26g), Nasibin, AH411, A-759A, full mint & date, some light weakness, ...

UQAYLID: Abu Fadl Badran, fl. 1018-1019, AR dirham (Nasibin), AH409, A-759B, clear date, mint confirmed by type, decent strike, VF-XF, RRR. Because mu

UQAYLID: Abu Fadl Badran, fl. 1018-1019, AR dirham (3.23g) (Nasibin), AH409, A-759B, sufficiently clear mint & date, decent strike overall, VF-X...

UQAYLID: Abu Fadl Badran, fl. 1018-1019, AR dirham (Nasibin), DM, A-759B, type of Nasibin 409, nice strike, nice VF-XF, RR. Because much broader dies

MIRDASID: Shibl al-Dawla Nasr I, 1029-1038, BI dirham (Thaghr Halab), AH(427), A-767, 25% weakly struck, mint name means "frontier of Aleppo&qu...

SELJUQ OF SYRIA: temp. Tutush, 1078-1095, BI dirham aswad (1.00g), NM, ND, A-775, anonymous, citing the caliph al-Muqtadi (1075-1094), thus very likel

SELJUQ OF SYRIA: Unknown governor, probably before 1117, AE fals (3.89g), NM, ND, A-776, obverse legend al-sultan / al-mu'azzam // shah shah abo...

SELJUQ OF SYRIA: Anonymous, ca. 1090s-1110s, AE fals (3.83g), NM, ND, A-779, struck only at Antakiya (Antioch); caparisoned elephant right, "di...

SELJUQ OF SYRIA: Anonymous, ca. 1090-1120, AE fals (3.36g), , A-779, lion right, Allah above // Sunni kalima; nice strike, VF, RR. The only

SELJUQ OF SYRIA: Anonymous, ca. 1090-1120, AE fals (4.55g), NM, ND, A-779, winged lion right, word al-sultan above // winged lion left, VF, RR.

AYYUBID: Anonymous, ca. 1193-1254, glass jital/weight (5.52g), A-A834, illegible legend deriving from the issues of Saladin and his immediate successo

AYYUBID: al-Zahir Ghazi, 1186-1216, AR dirham (3.00g), Halab, AH593, A-834.2, citing al-'Aziz 'Uthman as overlord, beautiful strike, AU, R.

AYYUBID: 'Uthman, 1193-1198, AR dirham (2.86g), Dimashq, AH594, A-795, B-211, VF, R.

AYYUBID: Abu Bakr I, 1196-1218, AR 1/2 dirham (1.42g), NM, ND, A-806, presumably struck at Dimashq, 610-611, lovely XF, RR. This is the first example

AYYUBID: al-Awhad Ayyub, 1199-1210, AE dirham (5.91g), Mayyafariqin, AH600, A-856.1, facing bust, plain circle reverse, pleasing VF

AYYUBID: al-Ashraf Musa, 1210-1220, AE dirham (8.22g), Sinjar, AH615, A-859.2, seated figure holding orb, reverse in plain circle, Fine

AQ QOYUNLU: al-Zahir Khalil, fl. 1500s, AR tanka (4.14g), al-Hisn, ND, A-P2517 (= 867P), bahadur khalil within central square, al-sultan al-zahir and

RASSID: al-Mansur al -Qasim, 999-1003, AR sudaysi (0.32g), San'a, ND, A-1069N, cf. Zeno-234031, kalima obverse // reverse legend al-mansur / bil...

RASSID: al-Mansur al -Qasim, 999-1003, AR sudaysi (0.17g), NM, ND, A-1069N, contemporary imitation, with a mint name imitating what was probably inten

RASSID: 'Umar bi-amr Allah (?), BI sudaysi (0.32g), Sunni kalima obverse, uncertain ruler tentatively read as 'Umar bi-amr Allah on the reve...

ZIYADID: Husayn b. Salama, ca. 983-1019, AR sudaysi (0.45g), Sabiya, ND, A-H1072, cf. Zeno-235141, in the name of the Abbasid caliph al-Qadir billah,

RASULID: al-Mansur 'Umar I, 1229-1249, AR dirham (1.94g), al-Dumluwa, AH634, A-1100.1, very rare mint, decent strike, very minor chipping at edg...

RASULID: al-Ashraf Isma'il I, 1376-1400, AR dirham (1.67g), 'Adan, AH785, A-1110, two fish chasing each other in a circle, VF-XF, R.