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Please telephone us at 707-539-2120 for assistance with registering to bid live or pre-bid for Auction 20, or send an email to [email protected] (+."0/&'HI !#$"#,*#-'JKLHI1'HIJM 456789:':5DA?>'HI TABLE OF CONTENTS Thursday, September 18, 2014 Ancient Coins | 1-105 Ancient Near East..................................27-63 Session A Roman & Byzantine..............................64-80 09:00 PDT Lots 1 – 550 Ancient Central Asia.............................81-103 [Break 14:00-15:00 PDT] Islamic Dynasties | 106-428, 551-718 Early Pre-Reform..................................106-226 Session B Early Post-Reform................................227-311 15:00 PDT Lots 551– 1101 Spain & North Africa...........................312-332 Egypt & Syria......................................... 333-383 Arabian Peninsula............................... 384-390 Friday, September 19, 2014 Rum (Anatolia)..................................... 391-428 Session C Iran - The Early Period....................... 551-569 09:00 PDT Lots 1102 – 1602 Iran - The Seljuq Period.................... 570-574 Atabegs & Contemporaries............. 575-596 [Break 14:00-15:00 PDT] Mongol Dynasties............................... 597-656 Session D Post-Mongol Iran................................. 657-661 15:00 PDT Lots 1603 – 1952 Timurid & Later..................................... 662-663 Shahs of Iran......................................... 664-690 Khanates of Caucasia..........................691-695 Saturday, September 20, 2014 Later Central Asia.................................696-699 Session E Afghan Dynasties.................................700-708 09:00 PDT Lots 1953 – 2485 Civic Coppers.........................................709-711 Islamic Group Lots.............................. 712-718 [Break 14:00-15:00 PDT] Ottoman Empire | 429-550 Session F Early Ottoman...................................... 429-449 Later Ottoman...................................... 450-525 15:00 PDT Lots 2486 – 2978 Countermarked Ottoman................ 526-550 !"##$%&%%'()$*)+$,-&*.$/'0&%$*-&$&%/'0*/&+$*)+$*-&$ China | 719-1101 (cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:69)(cid:77)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:192)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:51)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:17) Chinese Dynasties............................... 719-983 (cid:37)(cid:76)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:38)(cid:82)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:17)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:80) Modern China....................................... 984-1010 Chinese Provincial............................... 1011-1057 Japanese Puppet States.................... 1058-1059 F4;7'D8:57?'A8@; Soviet Period......................................... 1060-1073 If you wish to send bids on the days of auction, Foreign Colonies in China................ 1074-1084 September 18-20, 2014, and are not able to bid Tibet......................................................... 1085-1101 live on iCollector.com please fax your bids to India | 1102-1952 707-539-3348 or email your bids to: Ancient India........................................ 1102-1136 Medieval India..................................... 1137-1157 [email protected] Sultanates............................................. 1158-1162 *NOTE: Bids sent after the auction has started Mughal Empire.....................................1163-1367 are not guaranteed to be accepted. Princely States / Maratha / Sikh.... 1368-1602 Colonial India....................................... 1603-1929 (cid:391) Modern India....................................... 1930-1952 High resolution images of most lots are World Coins | 1953-2977 available on our website at: Asia & Middle East.............................. 1953-2153 www.stevealbum.com Africa...................................................... 2154-2196 Europe.................................................... 2197-2821 Additional information on some lots can Americas................................................ 2822-2948 also be found at our website above. Australia & Pacific............................... 2949-2969 Worldwide Group Lots..................... 2970-2977 Numismatic Literature | 2978 Auction Highlights Auction Highlights (More detailed information for each lot can be found later in this catalog). Lot 1506 MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR 2 rupees, Patan, AH1199 year 3, KM-127, strong bold strike, lovely steel gray toning, NGC graded MS63 $5,000 - 6,000 Lot 401 SELJUQ OF RUM: Kayqubad I, 1219-1236, AV dinar (4.26g), Konya, AH620, A-A1211.2, superb strike, choice EF, RRR $3,200 - 3,800 Lot 1538 SIKH EMPIRE: AV mohur, Amritsar, VS1863, KM-25.3, NGC graded EF45 $6,000 - 7,000 Lot 1831 TRANQUEBAR: Frederik V, 1746-1766, AV 2 royaliner trial strike, [Copenhagen], 1756, KM-TS14, Gray-—, Lot 1021 KANSU: AR dollar, year 3 (1914), Y-407, L&M-617, bust Jensen-249, crowned F5 monogram, capital letters / of Yuan Shih Kai left, NGC graded EF details, R $3,600 - 4,200 arms, date & denonimation, fully lustrous, magnificent strike, NGC graded MS66*, RRRR, ex Dr. John Lund Collection, ex Brian Hannon $9,000 - 10,000 Lot 1936 INDIA: 5-coin proof set, 1957(b), very rare set of proof coins, 1 naya paisa (KM-575), 2 naya paise (KM-576), 5 naya paise (KM-577), 10 naya paise (KM-578.1), 25 naya paisa (KM-579.1), in what we believe to be the original packaging of issue from the Indian Government Lot 1135 KUSHAN: Huvishka, 260-292, AV stater (7.81g), G-226, mint Mint in Bombay, Proof, RRR $1,800 - 2,200 I (A), 3rd emission, crowned bust left on clouds / Shaoreoro Photos are located within the catalog and online. (Ares-Mars) standing right, holding spear and shield set on ground; tamgha to left, VF to EF, RRR $2,800 - 3,200 Lot 1205 MUGHAL: Akbar I, 1556-1605, AV mohur, Agra, IE49, KM-114.1, month of Khurdad, superb bold strike, NGC graded MS63, RRR $4,500 - 5,500 Lot 2498 NORWAY: Christian IV, 1588-1648, AR specie daler, 1641, KM-12, Dav-3534, NGC graded AU-53 , ex Dr. John Lund Collection $3,000 - 3,400 Lot 1250 MUGHAL: Jahangir, 1605-1628, AV zodiac mohur, Agra, AH1032 year 18, KM-180.13, Libra (scales), NGC graded EF45, RRR $35,000 - 45,000 Lot 1474 KUTCH: Khengarji III, 1875-1942, 8-coin specimen set, Bhuj, 1928//VS1985, KM-SS1, citing George V, set includes; AE tambiyo Y-54 NGC graded SP-65 BN, AE dokdo Y-55 NGC graded SP-64 BN, AE 1! dokdo Y-56 NGC graded SP-65 BN, AE 3 dokdo Y-57 NGC graded SP-64 BN, AR ! kori Y-58 NGC graded SP-65, AR kori Y-59 NGC graded SP-65, AR 2! kori Y-52a NGC graded SP-66, AR 5 kori Y-53a NGC graded SP-64, with original velvet-lined wood case of issue, RRRR $2,200 - 2,700 Photos are located within the catalog and online. 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LUCERIA: Anonymous, 271-212 BC, AE aes grave quincunx (38.02g), Apulia, Thurlow & Vecchi 281, large X or four-spoked wheel on raised circle / large X or four-spoked wheel on raised circle, five pellets below, attractive patina, choice VF, R ex Classical Numismatic Gallery Auction 53 Lot 1263 $420 - 480 1. CENTRAL EUROPEAN CELTS: The Boii, mid-late 1st Century BC, AR hexadrachm (17.31g), Bohemia Region, Biatec, Dembski 598; Paulsen 732ff, jugate male heads right, the left wearing laurel wreath, the right helmeted, ivy leaf to right, scalloped border / BIATEC, rider on galloping hippogriff right, 5. LUCERIA: Anonymous, 269-225 BC, AE aes grave semuncia holding branch in right hand, scalloped border, Fine, RR (23.62g), Apulia, Thurlow & Vecchi 286, crescent / thyrsus with ex purchase from H.D. Rauch July 9, 1970 $800 - 1,000 fillets, a superb example! VF, RRR These largest denominations of the “Biatec” series are often ex Classical Numismatic Gallery Auction 53 Lot 1262 $500 - 600 referred to as hexadrachms owing to the contrast in weight with the comparatively light tetradrachms struck contemporaneously in the Celtic world. They alternatively may be described as Attic weight tetradrachms. However labeled, their size and purity are testament to the prosperity of the Boii on the eve of Roman domination of the region. The present type, associated with the beginning of the series, displays an obverse copied from the denarii of Q. Fufius Kalenus and Mucius Cordus (Crawford 403/1). 6. LUCERIA: Anonymous, after 220 BC, AE aes grave (54.08g), Apulia, Thurlow & Vecchi 218, AG-178, squat Pelike, dots either side / head of eagle, dots either side, Fine, S ex Coin Galleries Sale July 16, 1997 Lot 0337 $180 - 220 2. PICENUM: Anonymous, 275-225 BC, AE aes grave uncia (32.34g), Hatria, Thurlow & Vecchi 186, Libral standard, anchor / H A T around central pellet (mark of value), crude Fine, R ex Hans Schulman Auction July, 25 1972 Lot 316 $230 - 280 7. LUCERIA: Anonymous, 217-212 BC, AE aes grave quadrunx (30.11g), Apulia, Thurlow & Vecchi 282, thunderbolt on a raised disk / club, four pellets (mark of value) left, letter L and disk to right, F-VF, S ex Classical Numismatic Gallery Auction 58 Lot 1007 $230 - 280 3. LATIUM: Anonymous, 225-217 BC, AE aes grave uncia (21.71g), Rome, Thurlow & Vecchi 56, helmeted head of Roma left, pellet below / ships prow right, pellet below, F-VF, S ex Classical Numismatic Gallery Auction 54 Lot 1232 $230 - 280 8. SICILY: Agathokles, 317-289 BC, AE23 (8.24g), Syracuse, S-442, !"#$%&', draped bust of Artemis Soteira right, quiver over shoulder / '(')*+,$*! -'!%,$*!, winged thunderbolt between legend, F-VF $120 - 150 1 Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 20 | September 18-20, 2014 9. ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 33 silver coins, obols and other fractional piece (including 3 larger coins in poor condition), mostly attributable, average F-VF, but some unevenly struck or slightly damaged, useful study lot, retail estimate (if identified) at least $600, lot of 33 pieces $280 - 340 10. ANCIENT GREECE: LOT of 26 silver coins, obols and other fractional pieces, many identified (but identification not confirmed), average Fine condition, some much worse, interesting study lot, retail at least $500, lot of 26 pieces (plus 6 poor fourrées of little value) $230 - 280 11. ANCIENT GREECE & ROMAN: LOT of 37 pieces, including 16. PARION: Alexander III, 336-323 BC, AR tetradrachm (17.05g), 16 Greek copper (average Fine), 2 Parthian silver (Fine-VF), Price-1458, posthumous issue, circa BC 280-275, head of 6 Sasanian silver (VF, but clipped), 10 Roman (mixed copper Herakles, wearing lion-skin / Zeus enthroned, holding eagle & and billon, mostly Fine), and 3 Byzantine seals (F-VF), some scepter, VF $420 - 480 identified, value at least $700, lot of 37 pieces $280 - 340 17. IONIA: Anonymous, ca. 390-325 BC, AR tetradrachm (14.52g), Ephesus, bee facing, "# either side / forepart of stag 12. MACEDONIA: Alexander III, 336-323 BC, AR tetradrachm right, head left, palm tree behind, $%&'()$"*' magistrate (17.11g), Aradus, Price-3332, head of Herakles, wearing name at right, F-VF, RR $800 - 1,000 lionskin / Zeus enthroned, holding eagle & scepter, caduceus to left, F-VF $300 - 350 Magistrate Aristoaeos is a scarce type. 18. LARISSA: Anonymous, 350-325 BC, AR drachm (6.16g), Thessaly, S-1120, head of nymph Larissa three-quarter facing to left, wearing pendant earring and plain necklace, hair floating 13. MACEDONIA: Alexander III, 336-323 BC, AR tetradrachm loosely with ampyx in front / horse crouching right preparing to (17.09g), Myriandros, Price-3230, head of Herakles, wearing roll, above !$%&', in exergue $&*+, minor flan crack,otherwise lionskin / Zeus enthroned, holding eagle & scepter, in left field, a lovely well struck and well centered example, EF $550 - 650 ankh above club in wreath, F-VF $300 - 350 14. LEUKAS: Anonymous, ca. 420-350 BC, AR stater (8.61g), 19. LAODIKEIA: AR tetradrachm (14.80g), year 31 (47/46 BC), S-2274 ff, Pegasus, with pointed wing, flying left, ! below / S-5874, turreted and veiled bust of Tyche / Zeus enthroned, head of Athena, wearing Corinthian helmet, 8-point star behind, AN in exergue, VF $270 - 320 attractive VF $210 - 260 15. MYSIA: Anonymous, ca. 500-450 BC, EL stater (16.07g), 20. CILICIA: Datames, Satrap, 384-360 BC, AR stater Kyzikos, Von Fritze 93, pl. III, 12; Boston 1469; SNG von (10.67g), Tarsos, SNG France 2, 274 ff.; SNG Levante 80, Aulock 1192; SNG France 230, VF, dog standing left, with his head of Arethusa facing slightly left / helmeted and bearded right fore-paw raised; tunny fish below / quadripartite incuse male head left, Aramaic inscription (off flan) to left, test-cut on square $3,600 - 4,200 obverse, Fine $180 - 220 A similar example sold in Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction 7 Lot 648 for £6,000. 21. ARMENIA: Tigranes II, BC 83-69, AR tetradrachm (14.98g), S-7202/03, king’s bust, wearing Armenian tiara / Tyche of Antioch seated on rock, holding palm, river-god Orontes swimming at her feet, very good $500 - 600 2 Ancient Coins 28. PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Orodes I, c. 80-77 BC, AR drachm (4.14g), Shore-123, medium beard, tiara with 8-point star, well-centered reverse, VF-EF $140 - 180 22. SYRIA (SELEUCID KINGDOM): Seleukos I Nikator, BC 312-280, AR tetradrachm (16.95g), Babylon, Price-3747, in the name of Alexander III, head of Herakles, wearing lionskin / Zeus enthroned, holding eagle & scepter, in left field, monogram in wreath, lovely VF-EF $400 - 460 29. PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Phraates III, c. 70-57 BC, AR drachm (3.90g), Court mint, Shore-154, bear-headed, short beard, mint monogram retrograde (Shore #27), lovely EF $200 - 250 23. SYRIA (SELEUCID KINGDOM): Seleukos I Nikator, BC 312-280, AR tetradrachm (16.91g), Ekbatana, S-6829, in his own name, head of Herakles, wearing lion-skin / Zeus enthroned, holding eagle & scepter, in left field, anchor & two monograms, choice VF $420 - 480 30. PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Phraates III, c. 70-57 BC, AR drachm (4.07g), Rhagae, Shore-181, medium beard, tiara with horn in center, stags atop, VF-EF $130 - 160 24. PHOENICIA: Anonymous, ca. 450-410 BC, AR 1/24 shekel (0.44g), Tyre, Betlyon 7; SNG Copenhagen 296-7, dolphin swimming left, murex shell below / owl standing left, head facing, crook and flail over shoulder, dark tone, but lovely specimen, choice VF ex purchase June 24, 1967 from Joel Malter $120 - 150 31. PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Orodes II, c. 57-38 BC, AR drachm (3.93g), Rhagae, Shore-262, star to left, star & crescent to right of bust, choice VF $100 - 120 25. PHOENICIA: Anonymous, ca. 138-143 BC, AR tetradrachm (15.15g), Arados, CY 198 (62/0 BC), Duyrat 4112-32, turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; in left field ￿￿￿ (date) above ! (= Aramaic G) above AN; all within wreath, F-VF ex purchase April 2, 1966 from B.A. Seaby Ltd. $100 - 120 32. PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Orodes II, c. 57-38 BC, AR tetradrachm 26. ANCIENT ARABIA: HOARD of about 155 minuscule copper (14.51g), Seleukeia, Shore-211, bare-headed bust / king seated, coins, said to be from somewhere in the Arabian peninsula, with Tyche holding cornucopia and offering a palm branch to pre-Islamic period, nearly all illegible, but a few may be the king, pleasing F-VF $280 - 340 identifiable, lot of 155 coins $80 - 100 Ancient Near East 33. PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Phraates IV, c. 38-2 BC, AR drachm (3.64g), Mithradatkart, Shore-300, eagle crowning the king with a wreath, crescent & star to left, blundered Greek text, great 27. PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Mithradates I, c. 171-138 BC, strike, about UNC $180 - 220 AR drachm (3.39g), Shore-24/25, bare-headed, long beard, VF $170 - 200 34. PARTHIAN KINGDOM: Phraates IV, c. 38-2 BC, AR drachm (3.58g), Laodikea, Shore-283, eagle crowning the king with a wreath, lovely EF $160 - 200 3