iran - Coin Auctions
 Lot 493 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22SU'LUKID: Ahmad b. 'Ali, 917-923, AV dinar (3.75g), al-Muhammadiya, AH310, A-1481, very slightly wavy, VF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 488 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TAHIRID: Talha, 822-828, AE fals (2.36g), Bust, AH209, A-1394, Sasanian bust on obverse, bold full mint & date, VF, RR. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 499 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham (2.77g), Huzu, AH3(5)1, A-1550.1, Treadwell-Hz351, very rare mint in Fars province, on the Persian Gulf coast, pierced, Fine, RRR. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 494 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22SALLARID: Jastan b. al-Marzuban, 957-960, AR dirham (2.53g), Ardabil, AH347, A-1486, flan crack, some weakness, Fine to VF, RR. All coins of Jastan cite his brother Ibrahim b. al-Marzuban, with Jastan named on the reverse, Ibrahim on the obverse. A local Adharbayjani dynasty of Daylamite origin, who were able to control parts of Adharbayjan, with their subordinate capital at Ardabil. The dynasty was fragmented into local branches. Dates of rule are only guesswork, despite the exhaustive study (non-numismatic) of this dynasty by Ahmad Kasravi. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 489 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22SAFFARID: Anonymous, ca. 860s, AR dirham (2.96g), NM, ND, A-E1402, Tye-23, bull & horseman type, finest we've seen, VF to EF, R. Similar to Album type A-A1402, but the obverse has Sri Samanta Deva in the Brahmi script above bull; the reverse has Arabic 'adl above horse's head. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 500 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22BUWAYHID: Samsam al-Dawla, 978-983, AR dirham (2.98g), Tawwaj, AH388, A-1570D, Treadwell-Tw388, extremely rare mint in Fars province (southwest of Kazirun), full bold mint & date, traces of what might have been a mount near the edge, bold VF, RRRR. Samsam al-Dawla declared his independence after the death of his suzerain Fakhr al-Dawla in AH387. Coins were struck in his name, without an overlord, only in 388 at Tawwaj (2 pieces known), and both silver & gold at 'Uman (both unique). Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 495 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22QARAKHANID: 'Ali b. al-Hasan, 1020-1025, AR dirham (2.51g), Khutlukh Urdu, AH425, A-3347, with title tabghaj buqra qara khaqan, superb elegant calligraphy, choice EF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 490 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22SAFFARID: al-Husayn b. Tahir, 980-982+, AV fractional dinar (2.10g), NM, ND, A-1419.2, citing the Samanid ruler Nuh III as overlord and the caliph al-Ta'i', VF to EF, RR. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 496 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22QARAKHANID: Anonymous, 1213-1214, AE dirham (8.26g), Uzkand, AH610, A-3420N, with the remarkable Persian inscription in the obverse field, khanan-khan 'umrash barad hazar sal ta velayat-e gorosneh sir shavad, "may the khan of khans (cf. shahanshah) live a thousand years, for the starving country to become sated", lightly cleaned, VF, RRR. One of very few coins with Persian inscriptions struck before the Mongol invasion, all extremely rare. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
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 Lot 491 - islamic iran - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AR dirham (3.00g), Farwan, AH314, A-1451, lovely example, EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic iran |
