| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1820 Price realized: 220 USD (Approx. 203 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: GREAT SELJUQ: Sanjar, 1099-1118, pale AV dinar (2.83g), Balkh, AH494, A-1685A, with the Ayat al-Kursi (Qur'an 2:255) filling the reverse, clear mint & date, about 10% flat, VF. Estimate: 120-160 USD Starting price: 100 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1822 Price realized: 120 USD (Approx. 111 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: GREAT SELJUQ: Sanjar, 1118-1157, pale AV dinar (2.01g), Balkh, AH515, A-1687, ZXeno-242777 (this piece), citing the caliph al-Mustarshid (AH511-529), complex fields with minuscule text, fully legible mint & date; about 20% flat, VF, R. Estimate: 120-150 USD Starting price: 100 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 496 Price realized: 600 USD (Approx. 553 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: GREAT SELJUQ: Sanjar, 1118-1157, pale AV dinar (3.31g), Marrûd (Marw al-Rudh), AH518, A-1687, some weakness on both sides; the first reported coin of any type for Sanjar from the mint of Marrûd, bold mint & date and of the highest rarity, VF, RRR. Estimate: 250-350 USD Starting price: 220 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 468 Price realized: 2,200 USD (Approx. 2,027 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ALID OF TABARISTAN: al-Hassan b. Zayd, 864-884, AV dinar (3.79g), Nishapur, AH262, A-T1523, with the 'Alid phrase al-da'i illa al-haqq, "advocate for the truth", and Qur'an verses 33:33 in the obverse margin, 22:39 in the reverse margin; moderately crinkled surfaces, but all legends fully legible, VF, RRRR. This is the third known specimen of the Nishapur AH262 gold dinar, the first sold in the ICA Auction #2 in 2000 (lot 524), the second in our Auction 43, lot 476. Nishapur was in confrontation between Sunni and Shi'ite supporters in the AH260s, falling to the Sunni rulers by 268 (after an hiatus in coinage 263-267). Estimate: 900-1 200 USD Starting price: 700 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48 | Auction 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 5:
| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 527 Price realized: 650 USD (Approx. 599 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: GREAT MONGOLS: Anonymous, ca. 1220s-1240s, AV dinar (2.75g), Dihistan, ND/DM, A-Y3723, legends al-khaqan / al-'adil / al-a'zam // kalima, mint name above the obverse, traces of what is likely a date in the reverse margin, EF. Rare mint, located in what is now western Turkmenistan. Estimate: 600-800 USD Starting price: 425 USD |  |
