Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 1791

Price realized: 110 USD   (Approx. 101 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SAFFARID: Nasr b. Ahmad, 1051-1072, debased AV dinar (3.98g), Sijistan, DM, A-E1425, citing the Great Seljuq Bayghu as overlord and the caliph al-Qa'im, clear mint name, VF, RRR.

Estimate: 130-170 USD

Starting price: 110 USD

Match 1:
Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 1790

Price realized: 120 USD   (Approx. 111 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SAFFARID: Nasr b. Ahmad, 1051-1072, debased AV dinar (3.16g), Sijistan, AH(4)40, A-E1425, citing the Great Seljuq Bayghu as overlord and the caliph al-Qa'im, clear mint name, VF, RRR.

Estimate: 130-170 USD

Starting price: 110 USD

Match 2:
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the Great Seljuq Sanjar as his overlord; late Ghaznavid style, with his name as al-hasan b. al-hasan; appears to be an unpublished variant of this type, VF.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

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: 181

Price realized: Withdrawn
Lot description:


ABBASID: al-Muttaqi, 940-944, AR dirham (5.06g), Mayyafariqin, DM, A-261, citing the Hamdanid brothers Nasir al-Dawla and Sayf al-Dawla, extremely rare mint for the Abbasids (none on CoinArchives), about 20% flat strike, VF, RRR.

Estimate: 300-400 USD

Starting price: 220 USD

Match 5:
Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 379

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


ZURAY'ID: Anonymous, ca. 1112-1136, AV dinar (2.38g), 'Adan, AH522, A-1079, in the name of the deceased Sulayhid ruler al-Mukarram Ahmad and citing the Fatimid Imam al-Amir al-Mansur; clear mint & date, some weakness, VF-EF.

Estimate: 200-300 USD

Starting price: 170 USD