Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 56 | September 17-20, 2026

SAFFARID: Khalaf b. Ahmad, 3rd reign, 981-1000, AV fractional dinar (0.89g), Sijistan, AH389, A-1420.2, ruler cited as Wali al-Dawla Abu Ahmad, lovely

SAFFARID: Khalaf b. Ahmad, 3rd reign, 981-1000, AV fractional dinar (0.67g), Sijistan, AH38x, A-1420.2, ruler cited as Wali al-Dawla Abu Ahmad, citing

SAFFARID: Tahir b. Khalaf, 1000-1002, AR dirham (3.90g), Sijistan, AH392, A-1424, citing the Ghaznavid overlord Mahmud; average strike, in octagonal s

AMIR OF AL-KHUTTAL: al-Harith b. Asad, 893-905, AR dirham (2.75g), al-Khuttal, AH285, A-B1440, citing the caliph al-Mu'tadid, without any overlo...

SAMANID: Ahmad b. Sahl, 915-920, AR dirham (3.02g), Andaraba, AH305, A-B1453, clear mint & date, slightly creased, broad flan, rare date for thi...

SAMANID: Nuh II, 943-954, AR imitative broad dirham (4.11g), Ma'din, AH"307", A-1456A, broad flan with outer blank margin, XF, RR.

SAMANID: Nuh II, 943-954, AR broad dirham (3.91g), Samarqand, AH344 (sic), A-1456A, with broad outer blank margin on each side; citing the deposed cal

SAMANID: Nuh II, 943-954, AR broad dirham (4.49g), al-Ma'din, AH346 (sic), A-1456A, with outer blank margin on each side; citing the deposed cal...

SAMANID: 'Abd al-Malik I, 954-961, AR multiple dirham (8.26g), NM, ND, A-1461.1, with the name merely as 'ubayd, superb strike without any w...

SAMANID: 'Abd al-Malik I, 954-961, AR multiple dirham (8.26g), NM, ND, A-1461.2, completely blundered calligraphy, with even the full name '...

SAMANID: 'Abd al-Malik I, 954-961, AR imitative dirham (8.69g), A-1461L, the legends mostly utterly stylized, but the name 'abd al-malik / b...

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AR multiple dirham (6.83g), A-1465, completely blundered mint & date, XF.

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AR dirham (3.24g), Samarqand, AH358, A-1466A, with Qur'an sura 112 on reverse, followed by the names of the caliph a...

SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AE broad fals (3.47g), A-1467.3, contemporary imitation of the broad fals of Ferghana dated AH358-359, VF.

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, imitative AR dirham (3.71g), A-1469L, almost all the legends are completely stylized, but the bottom line of the reverse fi

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, imitative AR dirham (4.43g), A-1469L, almost all the legends are completely stylized, but the bottom line of the reverse fi

SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AR multiple dirham (5.71g), Warwarliz, AH370, A-1469W, SNAT-1252 (same dies), citing Fa'iq & the caliph al-Ta'...

MATTID: Ahmad b. Matt, fl. 919-920, lead seal (1.98g), inscribed just ahmad / matt with a small ornament above; uniface, VF, RRR.

QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AR dirham (2.92g), Bukhara, AH401, A-3302, Kochnev-112, Zeno-168470, citing the Khan as nasir al-haqq and th...

QARAKHANID: Ahmad b. Nasr, 999-1014, AR dirham (3.72g), Isbijab, AH401, A-3318, Koch-226, ruler only by his laqab mu'izz al-dawla, plus the Matt...

QARAKHANID: Muhammad b. 'Ali, 1003-1024, AR dirham, Taraz, AH400, A-3307, Koch-248var, cited on the reverse field as muhammad bin 'ali and i...

QARAKHANID: Muhammad b. 'Ali, 1003-1024, AR dirham (2.08g), Khujanda, AH405, A-3307, Koch-404, with his titles Sana' al-Dawla and Yinal-tegi...

QARAKHANID: Muzaffar Kiya, 1005-1015, AR dirham (2.78g), al-Saghaniyan, AH403, A-3432R, Kochnev-313a, ruler cited as Rukn al-Dawla with his formal nam

QARAKHANID: Muzaffar Kiya, 1005-1015, AR dirham (3.21g), al-Saghaniyan, AH395, A-3432, also citing the Ilek Nasr (in the Uighur script) and the Khan a

QARAKHANID: Unknown ruler, ca. AH420s-460s, AE fals (0.95g), ND, citing the caliph al-Qa'im bi-amr Allah (AH422-467) with an undeciphered word o...

QARAKHANID: Anonymous, ca. 990-1040, AR broad bracteate (1.87g), inscribed only the short Sunni kalima followed by the name al-Qadir, presumably the A

QARAKHANID PERIOD: AE charm (2.43g), frog in the center, pseudo-Arabic legend around, with original loop attached, blank reverse; an unusual and most

QARAKHANIDS AT TIRMIDH & BALKH: Sanjar Qadir Tafghaj Khan, 1177-1186, AE dirham (3.81g), MM, ND, A-3475-var, with his title nasir al-dunya wa...

QARAKHANIDS AT TIRMIDH & BALKH: Tughril Khaqan, fl. 1190-1195, AE dirham (3.84g) (Tirmidh), AH586, A-3482, without any overlord, citing the rule...

QARA KHITAY (Western Liao): temp. Yelü Dashi, 1124-1143, AE fals (2.33g), NM, ND, A-3491, citing the caliph al-Muqtafi; crude strike, Fine.

QARA KHITAY (Western Liao): temp. Yelü Dashi, 1124-1143, AE fals (2.28g), NM, ND, A-3491, citing the caliph al-Muqtafi; crude strike, VG-F.

MALIKS OF JAND: Anonymous, ca. 11th/12th century, AE fals (1.13g), NM, ND, A-S1523, ca. Zeno-219068 for an identical design, but with just "al-...

MALIKS OF JAND: Anonymous, ca. 11th/12th century, AE fals (1.27g), NM, ND, A-S1523, inscribed al-sultan / al-'adil with an uncertain word below ...

MALIKS OF JAND: Anonymous, ca. 11th/12th century, AE fals (1.40g), NM, ND, A-S1523, ca. Zeno-219068 for an identical design, but with just "al-...

BUWAYHID: Mu'izz al-Dawla Ahmad, 939-967, AR dirham (3.90g), Wasit, AH344, A-1543.2, also citing Rukn al-Dawla, VF.

BUWAYHID: Qiwam al-Dawla, 1012-1028, AR dirham (2.74g), 4.16, AH416, A-1583, Treadwell-Sh416d, ruler cited with the additional titles shams al-milla w

BUWAYHID: 'Imad al-Din Abu Kalinjar, 1024-1048, AR dirham (3.47g), Shiraz, AH425, A-1584, Treadwell-, ruler cited merely as shahanshah abu kalij...

KAKWAYHID: 'Ala al-Dawla Muhammad, 1008-1041, AR dirham (6.06g), Isbahan, AH417, A-1591, very rare subtype, citing the Kakwayhid ruler with his ...

GHAZNAVID: Alptegin, 954-966, AR dirham (4.71g), Andaraba, AH350, A-A1595, citing the Samanid overlord 'Abd al-Malik without his patronymic, wit...

GHAZNAVID: Mansur b. Balkategin, 969, AE fals (2.02g), Ghazna, DM, A-A1596, also citing Balkategin with his title al-hâjib below the obverse fi...

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.40g), Ghazna, AH40x, A-1607, bent and deeply creased, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR multiple dirham (11.98g), Andaraba, AH389, A-1608 (49.4 mm) sword at bottom of obverse field, citing Balkategin as gov

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR bilingual dirham (2.91g), Mahmudpur (= Lahore), AH419, A-1610, Arabic obverse with clear mint & date in the marg...

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR bilingual dirham (2.55g), Mahmudpur (= Lahore), AH419, A-1610, Arabic obverse with clear mint & date in the marg...

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AR 1/2 dirham (1.48g), NM, ND, A-1612, actually anonymous, citing only the caliph al-Qadir, VF, RR.

GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AE normal fals (2.57g), Nishapur, AH398, A-1615, elegant calligraphy both sides, full mint & date, VF, RR.

GHAZNAVID: Muhammad b. Mahmud, 1030, AR dirham (3.07g) (Juzjan), AH414, A-1617A, VF, RR.

GHAZNAVID: Muhammad b. Mahmud, 1030, AR dirham (3.48g), Juzjan, AH(414), A-1617A, although likely struck for several years, when legible the date is a

GHAZNAVID: Mas'ud I, 1030-1041, AV dinar (3.37g), Nishapur, AH426, A-1618, mount removed, fine gold, VF.

GHAZNAVID: Mas'ud I, 1030-1041, AR broad dirham (3.96g), Nishapur, AH425, A-1620, rare mint for this type, bold VF.