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Lot 302 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 302 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: AE fals (5.70g), al-Rafiqa, AH189, A-310, broad flan, stylistically similar to the contemporary dirhams of the same mint, VF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 308 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 308 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID period: lead 16 qirat weight (3.11g), A-338Uvar, inscribed sitta 'ashar(a) / qirat, with uncertain symbol below, blank reverse, interesting unusual item, VF, R.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 303 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 303 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: AE fals (2.29g), Balkh, AH206, A-319, example known in Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, lovely VF to EF, RRR.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 309 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: LOT of 56 silver dirhams, mostly Abbasid of al-Muqtadir, but some earlier examples, also including several Samanid, one Saffarid, and 2 Umayyad, mostly crude strikes, nearly all with legible mint or date, occasionally with both, fun lot for research, mostly VF, some chipped, lot of 56 pieces.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 304 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 304 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: Isma'il b. 'Ali, AE fals (2.92g), Istakhr, AH143, A-325, lovely strike, touch of porosity, very clear legends, VF, R.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 310 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 310 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: LOT of 14 copper fulus, mints of al-Jazira, Khazanat Halab (AH146), Qinnasrin (AH157), uncertain mint, Madinat al-Salam (3 pcs, dated AH166), and al-Kufa (5 pcs, mostly dated AH167), also one Mamluk of Hamah mint and one anonymous Beylik, without mint or date, average Fine to VF, mostly well-struck examples with decent patina, retail about $250-300, lot of 14 pieces.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 305 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 305 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: AE fals (2.41g), Kurat al-Mahdiya min Fars, AH161, A-328, "al-Mahdi's territory in Fars [province]", minimal weakness, Fine to VF, RR.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 306 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 306 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: AE fals (2.25g), Tawwaj, ND, A-337I, citing Muhammad on obverse, Barmak on reverse, 2nd known example, cf. Zeno-81297, pierced and plugged, Fine to VF, RRR. This mint was not included in the 3rd edition of the Checklist of Islamic Coins, but will be published in the upcoming 4th edition.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 301 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 301 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: Thamal, early 900s, AE fals (1.59g), NM [Tarsus], ND, A-300, al-amir thamal / muhammad rasul Allah, Fine.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 307 - islamic early post-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 307 - islamic early post-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ABBASID: glass weight (1.01g), A-338U, nisf / dirham ("half dirham"), unknown issuer, and uncertain monetary system, translucent brown, VF, R.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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