Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 53 | September 18-21, 2025

KAKWAYHID: 'Ala al-Dawla Muhammad, 1008-1041, AV dinar (4.18g), Isbahan, AH432, A-1590, without any overlord, decent strike with legends complet...

KAKWAYHID: 'Ala al-Dawla Muhammad, 1008-1041, AR dirham (3.04g), Isbahan, AH408, A-1591A, citing the ruler only as Muhammad in the obverse cente...

KAKWAYHID: 'Ala al-Dawla Muhammad, 1008-1041, AR dirham (4.50g), Saburkhwast, AH424, A-1591M, also citing the Ghaznavid overlord Mas'ud I, b...

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.06g), Herat, AH391, A-1607, minor weakness, clear date, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar, Herat, AH401, A-1607, early date, when Herat dinars were still of relatively fine gold, ANACS graded VF35.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (3.77g), Herat, AH403, A-1607, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (3.28g), Herat, AH415, A-1607, date sufficiently legible, clear mint; lightly uneven surfaces, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR presentation dirham (14.82g), Balkh, AH414, A-1611R, struck on a broad and thick specially prepared planchet, standard

GHAZNAVID: Mas'ud I, 1030-1041, AV dinar (3.25g), Herat, AH426, A-1619, slightly weak strike, clear mint & date, VF.

GREAT SELJUQ: Tughril Beg, 1038-1063, AV dinar (4.64g), Aydhaj (now Izeh), AH447, A-1665, some slight weakness in the centers but all legends fully re

GREAT SELJUQ: Takish Beg, ca. 1062-1084, pale AV dinar (4.56g), Balkh, AH475, A-1673A, ruler cited as shihab al-dawla takish arslan, some weakness, F-

GREAT SELJUQ: Malikshah I, 1072-1092, AV dinar (3.79g), Madinat al-Salam, AH482, A-1674, slightly uneven surfaces, bold mint & date, VF.

GREAT SELJUQ: Malikshah I, 1072-1092, AE square fals (1.76g), A-1677-var, with 'adl in the center on both sides, imitating the Fatimid gold dina...

GREAT SELJUQ: Burhan al-Dawla, 1091-1092, pale AV dinar (6.04g), ND, A-1678G, citing the Great Seljuq Malikshah I as overlord and the caliph al-Muqtad

GREAT SELJUQ: Barkiyaruq, 1093-1105, AV dinar (2.94g), Garah, AH(4)94, A-1682.1, former city southeast of Shiraz in Fars province, known as Jirrah in

GREAT SELJUQ: Muhammad I, 1099-1118, AV dinar (3.87g), Madinat al-Salam, AH501, A-1683.1, slightly double-struck on the reverse, XF.

GREAT SELJUQ: Sanjar, 1118-1157, AV dinar (2.85g), Madinat al-Salam, AH5(3)5, A-1686, fine gold, citing the caliph al-Muqtafi (AH530-555); uneven surf

SELJUQ OF WESTERN IRAN: Mahmud II, 1118-1131, AV dinar (3.26g), AH512, A-1688, mint off flan, probably not the common mint al-Ahwaz; wavy surfaces and

SELJUQ OF WESTERN IRAN: Mas'ud b. Muhammad, 1134-1152, BI dirham (2.30g), NM, ND, A-1691D-var, citing the caliph al-Muqtafi (AH530-555) and an u...

SELJUQ OF WESTERN IRAN: Mas'ud b. Muhammad, 1134-1152, BI dirham (2.74g), NM, ND, A-1691D-var, citing the caliph al-Muqtafi (AH530-555) and an u...

SELJUQ OF WESTERN IRAN: Muhammad III b. Mas'ud, 1st reign, 1152-1153, BI dirham (2.72g), M, ND, A-1691R, citing the caliph al-Muqtafi (AH530-555...

AMIR OF NISHAPUR: Toghanshah, 1172-1185 AH, AV dinar (2.24g), MM, AH5xx, A-1708.2, citing the caliph al-Nasir and presumably also his son Sanjar as he

KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, AV dinar (3.69g), Baldat Bukhara, ND, A-1712, mint clearly legible in the reverse margin; about 10% flat strike, VF

KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, AV dinar (4.92g), Balkh, ND, A-1712, about 15% flat strike, VF, R.

KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, AV dinar (4.12g), NM/MM, AH(6)11, A-1712, slightly pale gold; date 611, month of Ramadan (a similar piece with clea

KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, AV dinar (3.61g), Wakhsh, DM, A-1712, mint name above the obverse field, about 15% flat strike; creased, AGS graded

KHWARIZMSHAH: Muhammad, 1200-1220, pale AV dinar (7.06g), NM, ND, A-1713, pale gold, based on the Bayana type Lakshmi dinar of the Ghorid Muhammad b.

KHWARIZMSHAH: Mangubarni, 1220-1231, AV dinar (2.70g), MM, DM, A-1742, ruler cited as abu'l-muzaffar mangubarni bin al-sultan muhammad, referrin...

AMIR OF WAKHSH: Abu'l-'Abbas, 1221-1224, AV dinar (3.34g) (Wakhsh), DM, A-E1754, clear centers, much weakness in the margins, VF.

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AV dinar (4.66g), Balad Ghazna, DM, A-1759, also citing his brother Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad; off-cent...

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AV dinar (3.46g) (Ghazna), AH59x (596 or 597), A-1760, Goron-D1, cf. Zeno-197654, "bull's ey...

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AV dinar (4.63g) (Ghazna), AH5xx, A-1760, Goron-D1, cf. Zeno-197654, "bull's eye" type ...

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AV dinar (4.77g), Ghazna, DM, A-1760, Goron-D1, cf. Zeno-197654, "bull's eye" type with...

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AV dinar (4.32g), Ghazna, DM, A-1760, Goron-D1, cf. Zeno-197654, "bull's eye" type with...

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AV stater (4.26g), ND, A-1764.2, De-253a, Lakshmi obverse, naming Mu'izz al-Din alone in Nagari l...

GHORID: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad, 1171-1206, AV stater (4.19g), ND, A-1764.2, De-253a, Lakshmi obverse, naming Mu'izz al-Din alone in Nagari l...

GHORID: Taj al -Din Yildiz, 1206-1215, AV dinar (6.85g) (Dâwar), DM, A-1791.2, citing the deceased Muhammad b. Sam (died in AH602) as al-sultan...

GHORID: Taj al -Din Yildiz, 1206-1215, debased AV dinar (4.05g) (Ghazna), AH612, A-1793, citing the deceased Muhammad b. Sam as al-sultan al-shahid ...

GHORID OF BAMIYAN: Jalal al-Din 'Ali, 1206-1215, AV dinar (5.24g), NM, AH6xx, A-V1806, without any overlord and clearly without a mint name, VF,...

GHORID OF BAMIYAN: Jalal al-Din 'Ali, 1206-1215, AV dinar (5.08g), MM, DM, A-1806, citing the Khwarizmshah ruler 'Ala al-Din Muhammad; style...

ARTUQIDS OF AMID & KAYFA: Nasir al-Din Mahmud, 1201-1222, special AE dirham (28.18g), al-Hisn, AH610, A-1823.1, double-headed eagle with wings s...

ZANGIDS OF AL-MAWSIL: Mas'ud II, 1211-1218, AV dinar (6.10g), al-Mawsil, AH609, A-1866, citing the Ayyubid ruler al-Malik al-'Adil (Abu Bakr...

ZANGIDS OF AL-MAWSIL: Mas'ud II, 1211-1218, AV dinar (6.70g), al-Mawsil, AH611, A-1866, citing the Ayyubid overlord Abu Bakr; slightly weak stri...

LU'LU'IDS: Badr al-Din Lu'lu', 1233-1258, AV dinar (5.03g), al-Mawsil, AH633, A-1871.1, citing the Ayyubid rulers al-Ashraf Musa &am...

ILDEGIZID VASSALS: Ayaz Tughriltegin, 2nd quarter of 12th century, BI dirham (3.61g), Urmiya, ND, A-T1904, Akopyan & Mosanef #11, simple legends...

ILDEGIZID VASSALS: Ayaz Tughriltegin, 2nd quarter of 12th century, BI dirham (3.81g), Urmiya, ND, A-T1904, simple legends: atabeg ayaz / tughriltegin

ASSASSINS AT ALAMUT (BATINID): Muhammad I, 1138-1162, glass weight (3.35g), A-1918W, inscribed only with his name muhammad bin buzurgumid, uniface; bl

ASSASSINS AT ALAMUT (BATINID): Muhammad III, 1221-1254, AR dirham (3.44g), Maymana, AH6(19), A-1921, date confirmed by die-link to the example sold in

ASSASSINS AT ALAMUT (BATINID): Muhammad III, 1221-1254, AR dirham (1.88g), A-1921F, citing the ruler only as 'ala al-dunya wa'l-din // al-ma...

ASSASSINS AT ALAMUT (BATINID): Muhammad III, 1221-1254, AE fals (1.45g), NM, ND, A-1921I, legend al-mawla / al-a'zam // bird right, formed out o...