TURKEY: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861, AV 100 kurush, Edirne, AH1255 year 8, KM-683, Edirne city visit issue, probably the finest known specimen, PCGS graded MS64.
Numismatic Auction #22
By: Stephen Album Rare Coins
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May 14, 2015 America/Los_Angeles
Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22
Thursday May 14, 2015 09:00 to Friday May 15, 2015 19:00 America/Los_Angeles
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Thursday May 14, 2015 08:00 America/Los_Angeles
We offer over 1700 lots in this auction! Our auction features coins from all over the world, including:
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Lot #477 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Abdul Aziz, 1861-1876, AR 20 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1277 year 14, KM-693, much original luster, choice About Unc.
Lot #478 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Abdul Aziz, 1861-1876, AV 100 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1277 year 11, KM-696, About Unc.
Lot #479 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Murad V, 1876, AV 100 kurush (7.16g), Kostantiniye, AH1293 year 1, KM-715, EF.
Lot #480 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AR medal, AH1308, NP-1115, 25mm, Medal of Merit (Liyakat Madalyasi), circular silver medal with loop for ribbon suspension and with ornate silver suspension bar; elaborate trophy of arms, the Sultan's radiant tughra above / inscribed in Arabic characters 'Medal of Merit especially for Those Who Have Shown Loyalty and Bravery' and dated in Arabic numerals AH1308 (= AD1890), pierced for ribbon attachment, with...
Lot #481 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AR 10 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1327 year 7, KM-751, reshat series, Unc.
Lot #482 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AR 2 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1327 year 7, KM-770, el-ghazi series, lustrous, choice About Unc.
Lot #483 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AR 20 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1327 year 8, KM-780, lovely specimen with original toning, NGC graded MS64.
Lot #484 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AR 20 kurush, AH1327 year 9, KM-780, Unc.
Lot #485 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AE medal, AH1330, Hilal-i Ahmer (Red Crescent) Medal, circular bronze medal with large decorative suspension bar with the toughra of Sultan Mehmet V below a white enamel bar inscribed in Arabic letters "Ottoman Red Crescent Association"; the face with a circular central white enamel medallion bearing a red enamel left-facing crescent, ornate scrolling to left and right, a laurel spray below and inscribed above in...
Lot #486 - islamic ottoman empire
TURKEY: Mehmet VI, 1918-1924, AV 100 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1336 year 2, KM-821, Unc.
Lot #487 - islamic iran
TAHIRID: Talha, 822-828, AR dirham (3.45g), Abarshahr, AH210, A-1393, rare mint for the Tahirids, choice VF, R.
Lot #488 - islamic iran
TAHIRID: Talha, 822-828, AE fals (2.36g), Bust, AH209, A-1394, Sasanian bust on obverse, bold full mint & date, VF, RR.
Lot #489 - islamic iran
SAFFARID: 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.
Lot #490 - islamic iran
SAFFARID: 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.
Lot #491 - islamic iran
SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AR dirham (3.00g), Farwan, AH314, A-1451, lovely example, EF.
Lot #492 - islamic iran
SAMANID: East European imitation, ca. 300-350, AR dirham (2.43g), NM, ND, A-1476H, completely blundered inscriptions, roughly imitating issues of the early Samanid rulers, lovely EF.
Lot #493 - islamic iran
SU'LUKID: Ahmad b. 'Ali, 917-923, AV dinar (3.75g), al-Muhammadiya, AH310, A-1481, very slightly wavy, VF.
Lot #494 - islamic iran
SALLARID: 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...
Lot #495 - islamic iran
QARAKHANID: '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.
Lot #496 - islamic iran
QARAKHANID: 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...
Lot #497 - islamic iran
BUWAYHID: Mu'izz al-Dawla Ahmad, 939-967, AR dirham (2.69g), Tustar min al-Ahwaz, AH356, A-1545, Treadwell-Tu356, also citing his son 'Izz al-Dawla and overlord Rukn al-Dawla, EF, R.
Lot #498 - islamic iran
BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham (4.14g), Arrajan, AH342, A-1550.1, lovely strike, with full blank outer margins, EF.
Lot #499 - islamic iran
BUWAYHID: '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.
Lot #500 - islamic iran
BUWAYHID: 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...
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