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BUKHARA: Ramchitak, 2nd half of 7th century, AE cash (2.56g), Smirnova-1392, ruler's name in Sogdian // tamgha of Bukhara around the central hol...

MERV: Anonymous, ca. 240-260, AE unit (2.69g), Alram-1218A, king's bust, derived from the Sasanian issues of Ardashir I (224-241) // king on hor...

SAMARKAND: Anonymous, ca. 2nd-4th century, AR obol (1.07g), cf. Zeno-20328, Antiochus imitation: bust left, traces of Sogdian letters around // archer

HWABS OF SAMARKAND: Anonymous, 6th century, AE portrait cash (2.76g), Smirnova-33, cf. Zeno-220386, long-haired portrait // Samarkand tamgha, Sogdian

SAMARKAND: Gurak, 710-738, AE cash (3.79g), Smirnova-359 ff, cf. Z-27478, name of ruler in Sogdian // two tamgas of Samarqand, nicely toned, VF, R.

SEMIRECH'E: Anonymous, 7th/8th century, AE cash (8.21g), Zeno-128840, local currency, found around Semirech'e, derived from ancient Chinese ...

SEMIRECH'E: Anonymous, 7th/8th century, AE cash (4.90g), Zeno-128831, local currency, found around Semirech'e, derived from ancient Chinese ...

SEMIRECH'E: Anonymous, 7th/8th century, AE cash (4.92g), Zeno-128840, local currency, found around Semirech'e, derived from ancient Chinese ...

SEMIRECH'E: Arslan branch: Kul-Yirkin, early 8th century, AE cash (6.00g), Kam-46, Zeno-121668, name of ruler in Sogdian // two Runic-style tamg...

SEMIRECH'E: Arslan branch: Kul-Yirkin, early 8th century, AE cash (6.00g), Kam-46, Zeno-121668, name of ruler in Sogdian // two Runic-style tamg...

SEMIRECH'E: Arslan Irkin, 8th century, AE cash (3.15g), cf. Zeno-258297, inverted Sogdian legend // Turghes tamgha plus one Runic character and ...

SEMIRECH'E: Turgesh, 8th century, AE cash (6.22g), Kam-24, bgy twrkys gagan pny in Sogdian // tamgha based around the central square hole, mediu...

SEMIRECH'E: Turgesh, 8th century, AE cash (5.16g), Kam-24, bgy twrkys gagan pny in Sogdian // tamgha based around the central square hole, mediu...

SEMIRECH'E: Turgesh series, 8th century, AE cash (6.06g), Zeno-281913, standard Semirech'e tamgha with only one Runic-style tamgha on the re...

SEMIRECH'E: Turgesh series, 8th century, AE cash (4.08g), Zeno-281913, standard Semirech'e tamgha with only one Runic-style tamgha on the re...

SEMIRECH'E: Tukhus, late 8th century, AE cash (2.20g), Kam-43, Sogdian legends, patmas gubu pny and trident tamgha // twrkys gagan pny, bold exa...

SEMIRECH'E: Tukhus, late 8th century, AE cash (2.79g), Kam-43, Sogdian legends, patmas gubu pny and trident tamgha // twrkys gagan pny, wonderfu...

SEMIRECH'E: Wahshutawa, 8th century, AE cash (3.06g), Kamyshev-21var, Zeno-29519, Sogdian legend // Turgesh tamgha, plus Runic-style tamgha and ...

YUEH CHI: Sapadbizes, late 1st century BC, AR hemidrachm (1.84g), Mitch-2829/30, helmeted and draped bust right // lion standing right, crescent over

YUEH CHI: Sapadbizes, late 1st century BC, AR hemidrachm (1.44g), Mitch-2829/30, helmeted and draped bust right // lion standing right, crescent over

ARAB-SASANIAN: Mu'awiya, 661-680, AR drachm (3.91g), DAP (Fasâ), AH43 (frozen), A-14, some graffiti in reverse margin; lightly cleaned, bet...

TABARISTAN: Datburjmihr, 731-739, AR ½ dirham (2.06g), Tabaristan, PYE87, A-51, lovely example, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5, NGC graded choice Abo

TABARISTAN: 'Umar, 771-780, AR ½ dirham (1.95g), Tabaristan, PYE125, A-57, governor's name in Pahlavi before bust & in Arabic in ma...

TABARISTAN: Jarir, 786-788, AR ½ drachm (1.97g), Tabaristan, PYE135, A-64, name in outer margin of the obverse, AFZUT in place of name before

ARAB-BUKHARAN: Anonymous, 6th-8th century, AR dirham (3.04g), A-M93, Sasanian-style bust right // stylized fire altar & two attendants, fantasti...

ARAB-BUKHARAN: al-Amin, governor of Bukhara, 796-801, BI dirham (2.66g), NM, ND, A-96, Sasanian-style bust right, with lengthy Arabic legend around //

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.97g), Junday Sabur, AH83, A-126, Klat-236, slight central weakness, VF.

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.56g), Sabur, AH83, A-126, Klat-419var, final date digit written thalatha with final "a" ...

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (1.75g), Marw, AH84, A-126, Klat-586a, clipped down to the later Tabaristan hemidrachm weight, scarce...

UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AR dirham (2.40g), Sijistan, AH90, A-128, Klat-432b, VF.

UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AR dirham (2.76g), Sijistan, AH91, A-128, Klat-433, choice VF.

UMAYYAD: ca. 705-710, AE fals (4.31g), Sarmin, A-154A, mint name added in reverse margin, VF. First series of Umayyad reform copper coins citing a cit

UMAYYAD: al-Walid b. Talid, governor, 732-739, AE fals (2.42g), al-Mawsil, ND, A-193, full and clear strike, VF.

UMAYYAD: Anonymous, ca. 720s/730s, AE fals (1.94g), Balkh, ND, A-B197, legends bism Allah / duriba / .... al-fals // bi-balkh / sittin bi-di- / -rham

UMAYYAD: AE fals (2.79g), Junday Sabur, AH100, A-A202, obverse legend la ilah illa / Allah wahdahu / la sharik lahu, reverse amara bihi muhammad / bin

UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.82g), al-Mansura, AH116, A-A204, anonymous, Good, RR.

UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.52g), al-Mansura, ND, A-A204, mint name quite clear, followed by an uncertain governor's name, ending in bin khuzayma, with ...

UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.96g), al-Mansura, ND, A-A204, legends duriba hadha al-fals bi'l-mansura // muhammad / rasul / Allah, no marginal text either...

UMAYYAD: AE fals (0.86g), al-Mansura, ND, A-A204var, obverse seems quite likely amir / al-mansura, reverse legend still undeciphered, probably a local

UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.97g), al-Mubaraka, AH(117), A-C204.1, lion right, date around (illegible on this example) // 3-line legend: bism Allah / duriba bi

UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.13g), NM, ND, A-E206, legends amar bihi al-amir / muqâtil al-fals / sittin bi-dirham ("sixty to the dirham") // m...

UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.27g), NM, ND, A-E206, legends amar bihi al-amir / muqâtil al-fals / sittin bi-dirham ("sixty to the dirham") // m...

ABBASID REVOLUTION: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muslim, 744-754, AE fals (2.00g), NM, AH131, A-208, citing 'Abd al-Rahman as abu muslim amir âl m...

ABBASID REVOLUTION: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muslim, 744-754, AE fals (2.79g), NM, AH131, A-208, citing 'Abd al-Rahman as abu muslim amir âl m...

ABBASID REVOLUTION: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muslim, AE fals (1.72g), Herat, AH132, A-208A, citing the anti-Umayyad leader as abu muslim amir âl m...

ABBASID: al-Saffah, 749-754, AR dirham (2.90g), Ardashir Khurra, AH134, A-211, VF, R.

ABBASID: al-Hadi, 785-786, AR dirham (2.85g), al-Muhammadiya, AH169, A-217.1, caliph cited as al-khalifa musa, very rare mint for this subtype, cleane

ABBASID: al-Ma'mun, 810-833, AR dirham (2.55g), al-Muhammadiya, AH196, A-223.4, citing Isma'il in the obverse margin and al-Fadl in the reve...

ABBASID: al-Ma'mun, 810-833, AR dirham (2.84g), Madinat al-Salam, AH208, A-223.6, struck on broader flan than usual, possibly for presentation p...

ABBASID: al-Mutawakkil, 847-861, AR dirham (2.81g), AH243, A-230.3, struck on a narrow flan, an alternative size found almost exclusively on dirhams o

ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AR dirham (3.14g), Surra man Ra'a, AH278, A-240.2, citing the heir al-Mufawwadh, but without the other heir A...

ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AR dirham (2.98g), al-Basra, AH273, A-240.5, lightly cleaned, NGC graded UNC Details.

ABBASID: al-Muktafi, 902-908, AR dirham (3.12g), Hamadan, AH293, A-244.1, VF-EF.

ABBASID: al-Radi, 934-940, AR dirham (3.05g), Madinat al-Salam, AH322, A-255.1, lovely toning, EF.

ABBASID: al-Musta'sim, 1242-1258, fraction of an AV dinar (0.98g), A-275, cut piece from a full dinar, to make change for a transfer in gold, VF.

ABBASID: AE fals (1.39g), Arrajan, AH16x, A-318, citing Rabi' beneath the reverse (as on fulus of Ardashir Khurra and Istakhr, both dated AH167)...

ABBASID: AE fals (3.29g), Balkh, AH142, A-319, citing the governor al-Hasan b. Hamran and the heir to the caliphate Muhammad, the future al-Mahdi, ful

ABBASID: AE fals (2.37g), Jurjan, AH147, A-327, totally anonymous, rare date, VF, R.

ABBASID: AE fals (2.35g), Jurjan, AH184, A-327, citing the officials al-Husayn b. 'Ali and Isma'il b. Mus'ab, bold VF, R.

ABBASID: AE fals (1.82g), Marwrud, AH155, A-B329, citing the officials Malik b. Hammad & Humayd b. Qahtaba in the reverse field, cited together ...

ABBASID: AE fals (1.72g), NM, ND, A-338, in the name of a governor Ibrahim b. Musa, eastern style, probably from somewhere in or near the province of

KHARIJITE OF TUDGHA: Khalaf b. al-Muda', 791-792, AR dirham (2.62g), Tugdha, AH176, A-430, a lovely mint state example! NGC graded MS63.

ALAWI SHARIF: Muhammad III, 1757-1790, AR dirham (2.83g), al-Suwayra, AH1183, A-589, an attractive mint state example! NGC graded MS61.

ALAWI SHARIF: 'Abd al-Rahman, 1822-1859, AE 2 fals (5.97g), NM, AH1268, A-642, hexagram // date between two horizontal double-lines, wonderful q...

BURJI MAMLUK: Tumanbay II, 1516-1517, AR dirham (0.94g) (al-Qahira), DM, A-1045A, typical weak strike for this short reign, about 30% flat, ruler...

QASIMID: al-Mahdi Muhammad, 1697-1718, AR dirham (3.77g), NM, AH1114, A-1141.1, circular royal legend, the name al-mahdi in the center, date by the re

QASIMID: al-Mahdi Muhammad, 1697-1718, AR dirham (4.27g), NM, AH1114, A-1141.1, circular royal legend, the name al-mahdi in the center, date by the re

QASIMID: al-Mahdi Muhammad, 1697-1718, AR dirham (4.16g), NM, AH1115, A-1141.1, circular royal legend, the name al-mahdi in the center, date in revers

QASIMID: al-Mahdi Muhammad, 1697-1718, AR dirham (1.27g), NM, AH1116, A-1141.3, 3rd series, royal legend // phrase subhan al-latif al-mabda'i, &...

QASIMID: al-Mahdi Muhammad, 1697-1718, AR dirham (2.09g), NM, AH1117, A-1141.4, 4th series, struck 1117-1118, royal legend // undeciphered phrase, exc

QASIMID: al-Mahdi Muhammad, 1697-1718, AR dirham (1.62g), NM, AH1118, A-1141.4, 4th series, struck 1117-1118, royal legend // undeciphered phrase, ave

QASIMID: al-Mahdi Muhammad, 1697-1718, AR dirham (1.84g), NM, AH1118, A-1141.5, 5th series, struck only in 1118, legend "al Mahdi li-din Allah ...

QASIMID: al-Mahdi Muhammad, 1697-1718, AR dirham (2.23g), NM, AH1119, A-1141.6, 6th series, struck 1119-1120, royal legend // undeciphered 3-line text

SELJUQ OF RUM: Qilij Arslan II, 1156-1192, AR 1/6 dirham (0.56g), NM, ND, A-A1194, Izmirlier-22 (different dies), VF.

SELJUQ OF RUM: Qilij Arslan II, 1156-1192, AE fals (1.44g), NM, ND, A-1194.2, Izmirlier, enthroned figure obverse, holding globus cruciger & lab...

SELJUQ OF RUM: Malikshah II, AE fals (2.76g), NM, ND, A-1195, Ismirlier-44, subordinate ruler at Kayseri ca. 1190s; horseman right, with small winged

SELJUQ OF RUM: Tughril, 1180s-1221, AR "dinar" (2.74g), Erzurum, AH613, A-1198, slight central weakness, but all text fully legible on bot...

SELJUQ OF RUM: Kaykhusraw I, 1192-1198, AR dirham (2.64g), Konya, AH593, A-1201, Izmirlier-31 (same dies), without his kunya abu'l-fath, cleaned...

SELJUQ OF RUM: Kaykhusraw I, 1192-1196, AE fals (3.43g), NM, ND, A-1203, Izm-39, Byzantine-style royal portrait, holding scepter & book(?), with...

SELJUQ OF RUM: Sulayman II, 1196-1204, AE fals (6.39g), NM, AH595, A-1205.2, bold strike, with full date formula, EF.

SELJUQ OF RUM: Kaykhusraw II, 1236-1245, AR ½ dirham (1.39g) (Sivas), AH638, A-1219, lion & sun motif; struck with special half-dirham die ...

SELJUQ OF RUM: Mas'ud II, 1280-1298, AR dirham (2.88g), Sarikavaki, AH(687), A-1234, Izmirlier-1325 (same dies), date confirmed by die-link to s...

SELJUQ OF RUM: Kayqubad III, 1298-1302, AR dirham (2.32g), Antalya, AH699, A-1235.1, Izmirlier-1417 (same dies), EF, RR.

SELJUQ OF RUM: Kayqubad III, 1298-1302, AR dirham (2.12g), Antalya, ND, A-1235.1, Izmirlier, obverse from same die as Izmirlier-1421, but reverse die

SELJUQ OF RUM: Kayqubad III, 1298-1302, AR dirham (2.19g), Sarukavak, ND, A-1235.1, Izmirlier-1497 (same dies), VF, R.

DANISHMENDID: Amir Ghazi, 1104-1134, AE dirham (2.67g), NM, ND, A-1237, nimbated bust of Christ facing // standard Greek inscription, struck on a qirt

DANISHMENDID: Amir Ghazi, 1104-1134, AE dirham (4.21g), NM, ND, A-1237A, Greek legends both sides, reconstructed from several specimens, mostly legibl

DANISHMENDID: Malik Muhammad, 1134-1142, AE dirham (5.57g), NM, ND, A-1238, Greek legend both sides, which translates to "Great King of the Lan...

DANISHMENDID: Dhu'l-Qarnayn, 1152-1162, AE dirham (6.18g), NM, ND, A-1240, portrait right with Greek inscription around // Arabic inscription in...

DANISHMENDID: Nasir al-Din Muhammad, 1162-1170 & 1175-1178, AE dirham (9.86g), NM, AH558, A-1241.1, decent strike, couple tiny corrosion spots, ...

SARUHAN: Khizr b. Ishaq, 1390 & 1402-1410, AE mangir (2.12g), NM, ND, A-1253, legend ishaq / khizr bin on obverse, khalad Allah / mulkahu on rev...

SARUHAN: Khizr b. Ishaq, 1390 & 1402-1410, AE mangir (1.87g), NM, ND, A-1253, legend ishaq / khizr bin on obverse, khalad Allah / mulkahu on rev...

SARUHAN: Anonymous, undated, AE mangir (1.39g), ND, A-1253N, hexagon border // vertical lozenge, VF.

GERMIYAN: Muhammad Beg, 1341-1361, AR akçe (1.14g), NM, ND, A-P1262, Ender series 03.01, plain circle // kalima in square, VF, RR.

GERMIYAN: Muhammad Beg, 1341-1361, AR akçe (1.21g), NM, ND, A-P1262, Ender series 03.01, plain circle // kalima in square, VF, RR.

GERMIYAN: Muhammad Beg, 1341-1361, AR akçe (1.04g), NM, ND, A-P1262, Ender series 03.01, plain circle // kalima in square, VF, RR.

GERMIYAN: Sulaymanshah, 1361-1387, AR akçe (1.06g), NM, ND, A-1262, Ender series 03.01, lobated square // kalima in circle, VF, RR.

GERMIYAN: Sulaymanshah, 1361-1387, AR akçe (0.98g), Ladiq, ND, A-1262L, Ender-03.201 (same obverse die), legend sulayman bin / muhammad duriba

KARAMANID: Muhammad b. 'Ala al-Din, 1402-1419, AR dirham (1.69g), Kayseri, ND, A-1270.1, Ölçer-65, citing the Timurid overlord Timur o

KARAMANID: Muhammad b. 'Ala al-Din, 1402-1419, AR dirham (1.69g), Kayseri, ND, A-1270.1, Ölçer-65, citing the Timurid overlord Timur o