Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 506

Price realized: 280 USD   (Approx. 258 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ARTUQIDS OF HALAB: Najm al-Din Il-Ghazi I, 1118-1122, BI fractional dirham (1.30g), ND, A-A1820, cf. Zeno-243034, citing the Great Seljuq overlord Sanjar; ruler's laqab is Fakhr al-Din on this coin rather than Najm al-Din, VG, RRR.

Estimate: 200-250 USD

Starting price: 140 USD

Match 1:
Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 507

Price realized: 325 USD   (Approx. 299 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ARTUQIDS OF HALAB: Najm al-Din Il-Ghazi I, 1118-1122, BI fractional dirham (1.04g), NM, ND, A-C1820, citing the Seljuq of Syria Sultanshah, thus likely struck in AH511-513, all central legends fully readable, F-VF, RRR.

Estimate: 300-400 USD

Starting price: 220 USD

Match 2:
Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 508

Price realized: 260 USD   (Approx. 240 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ARTUQIDS OF HALAB: Najm al-Din Il-Ghazi I, 1118-1122, BI fractional dirham (1.85g), NM, ND, A-C1820, citing the Seljuq of Syria Sultanshah, thus likely struck in AH511-513, all central legends fully readable, F-VF, RRR.

Estimate: 300-400 USD

Starting price: 220 USD

Match 3:
Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 505

Price realized: 220 USD   (Approx. 203 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ARTUQIDS OF HALAB: Najm al-Din Il-Ghazi I, 1118-1122, BI dirham aswad (2.44g), NM, ND, A-A1820, citing the Great Seljuq overlord Sanjar; ruler's laqab is Fakhr al-Din on this coin rather than Najm al-Din; much peripheral weakness, but the names of the ruler and Sanjar are boldly clear, scratches on both sides, VF. An example was sold in our Auction 36, Lot 765, now on Zeno as #243034.

Estimate: 300-400 USD

Starting price: 220 USD

Match 4:
Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 499

Price realized: 325 USD   (Approx. 299 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


GHORID: 'Ala al-Din al-Husayn, 1st reign, 1149-1151, AR dirham (2.47g), NM, ND, A-L1754.1, with his personal title al-malik, also citing the Great Seljuq Sanjar as his overlord; late Ghaznavid style, with his name as al-hasan b. al-hasan; appears to be an unpublished variant of this type, VF.

Estimate: 150-200 USD

Starting price: 120 USD