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AUCTION 29 September 14-15, 2017 STEPHEN ALBUM RARE COINS SPECIALISTS IN ISLAMIC, INDIAN, & ORIENTAL COINS AUCTION 29 September 14-15, 2017 Featuring: Selections from The Skanda Collection of Indian Coins & The Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins, Part I STEPHEN ALBUM RARE COINS ♦ SPECIALISTS IN ISLAMIC, INDIAN, & ORIENTAL COINS ♦ auction staff Dr. Stephen Album ............... Director of Islamic and Early Indian Numismatics [email protected] Joseph Lang ............................ Director of East Asian and Later Indian Numismatics ............. [email protected] Paul Montz ............................... Director of World Coins ......................................................................paul@stevealbum.com Michael Barry .......................... Numismatist/Photography ...............................................................mike@stevealbum.com Dr. Norman D. Nicol .............. Numismatist/Cataloger ......................................................................ndnicol@epix.net Brian Henderson ................... Photography ...........................................................................................brian@stevealbum.com Jocelyn McCord ..................... Accounting ..............................................................................................jocelyn@stevealbum.com Kate Polacci ............................ Shipping/Receiving ..............................................................................kate@stevealbum.com Ryan Montz ............................ Associate....................................................................................................ryan@stevealbum.com Natalie Fry ............................... Graphic Design Consultant auction presented by Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc. PO Box 7386 Santa Rosa, CA 95407 USA Telephone 707-539-2120 www.stevealbum.com Member: IAPN, ANA, ANS, ONS, RNS, CSNA, AVA, MCS Bonded California Auctioneers pre-sale & live internet bidding / telephone bidding Starting with this auction, we are moving all of our internet bidding to iCollector.com (see below). In the past, only live internet bidding was done on that website, but now it will be possible to log in to place bids before the sale. If you plan to only bid live during the auction, please be sure to register a few days in advance of the auction in the event that you have difficulties with the registration process, and to allow us time to contact your references. Your ability to bid will be limited unless you provide adequate references (a maximum bid cap will be in place). Visit the link below to register, and visit the same link to bid before the sale and live online on the days of the auction. http://www.sarc.auction There is no additional fee to bid online. Please telephone us at 1-707-539-2120 for assistance with registering to bid live or pre-bid for Auction 29, or send an email to [email protected] Telephone Bids (by prior arrangement only). Only for lots on which you are willing to bid aggressively. You must contact us by Monday, September 11th, 2017 at 17:00 PDT to register for telephone bidding. Requests to register for telephone bidding after this deadline will not be granted. additional bidding methods We strongly encourage you to bid on iCollector (see the paragraphs above), as that is our primary bidding system. If you are unable to do so or if you would like to place bids that are not executed until the sale (proxy bids) you may send bids to us using one of the methods listed below. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you send bids to us by one of the methods listed below they will be treated as secondary bids. If another person places an absentee bid on iCollector, that bid will be treated as the first received, regardless of the time of receipt. We encourage you to bid on iCollector so that you do not lose a tied bid to a bidder who is using our primary bidding system (iCollector). * Email your bids to: [email protected] * Mail a bid sheet to: Stephen Album Rare Coins, PO Box 7386, Santa Rosa, CA 95407, USA * Fax your bids to: 1-707-539-3348 Buyer’s Premium 17.5% Credit Card / PayPal Service Fee 3.0% (of hammer price, buyer’s premium, postage, and CA sales tax) AUCTION 29 SEPTEMBER 14-15, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS auction number 29 Ancient Coins | 1-56 Thursday, September 14, 2017 Gaul & Greek..........................................1-17 Session A Near East & Egypt.................................18-19 09:00 PDT Lots 1 – 396 Roman & Byzantine.............................20-31 Near East & Central Asia....................32-56 [Break 13:00-14:00 PDT] Islamic Dynasties | 57-494 Session B Early Pre-Reform...................................57-89 14:00 PDT Lots 397 – 1002 Early Post-Reform.................................90-221 Spain & North Africa............................222-251 Egypt & Syria......................................... 252-327 Friday, September 15, 2017 Arabian Peninsula............................... 328-335 Session C Rum (Anatolia)..................................... 336 Early Ottoman Empire....................... 337-342 09:00 PDT Lots 1003 – 1401 Later Ottoman Empire...................... 343-352 [Break 14:00-15:00 PDT] Iran - The Early Period........................ 353-376 Iran - The Seljuq Period..................... 377-387 Session D Atabegs & Contemporaries............. 388-396 15:00 PDT Lots 1402 – 1934 Mongol Dynasties............................... 397-467 Timurid & Contemporaries.............. 468-470 *All session and break times are estimated and are Shahs of Iran......................................... 471-476 subject to fluctuation. Please plan accordingly. Afghan Dynasties.................................477-487 Civic Coppers.........................................488-489 Islamic Group Lots.............................. 490-494 China | 495-607 All pre-sale and live bidding is now located at Ancient China....................................... 495-508 Early Imperial China........................... 509-528 www.sarc.auction Qing Dynasty Coins & Charms....... 529-567 Later Imperial & Republic................. 568-573 Last-minute bids (the days of the auction) should be executed Chinese Provincial............................... 574-579 online at www.sarc.auction, or should be emailed to us 24 hours Japan Occupation & Soviet Era...... 579-580 in advance of the applicable session. We make no guarantees that People’s Republic................................. 581-584 last-minute bids will be entered if they are sent to us on the same Merchant Chopmarks........................ 585-587 day that the lot(s) bid upon are being auctioned. Taiwan & Hong Kong......................... 588-603 Manchukuo & Tibet............................ 604-607 lot viewing & pickup times World Coins | 608-1215 • Lots may be viewed in our office, Monday, September 11 Asia & Middle East............................. 608-717 through Wednesday, September 13 from 10:00 to 17:00 PDT Europe.................................................... 718-1002 • Lot viewing is by appointment only. 24 hour advance Africa...................................................... 1003-1053 notice is required for viewing appointments. The Americas....................................... 1054-1205 • Lots will not be available for viewing while the Australia & Pacific............................... 1206-1210 auction is being conducted. Fantasy Locations............................... 1211 • The first available on-site lot pickup time is 11:00 PDT Worldwide Group Lots..................... 1212-1215 Monday, September 18th, by prior arrangement only. India | 1216-1931 Ancient India........................................ 1216-1373 Medieval India..................................... 1374-1401 Sultanates.............................................. 1402-1414 high resolution images Mughal Empire.....................................1415-1548 Extended descriptions and high resolution images Princely States / Maratha / Sikh..... 1549-1813 of most lots are available on our website at: Colonial India....................................... 1814-1915 www.sarc.auction Republic & Misc. Lots........................ 1916-1931 Numismatic Literature | 1932-1934 THE SARC TEAM Dr. Stephen Album | Founder | Director of Islamic & Early Indian Numismatics Steve has been serving the numismatic community since 1960. In 1976 he began dealing nearly exclusively in Islamic and Indian coins. He has authored several books including the 1977 saw the release of his complete rewrite of Marsden's Numismata Orientalia Illustrata, guide to Islamic and Oriental coins with values. In 1993 he published A Checklist of Islamic Coins, now is in its third edition, is the standard for collectors of Islamic coins. Mr. Album is currently senior fellow at the Worcester College, Oxford, England, and in this position has authored three of the ten volumes of the Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean (Museum) beginning in 1999. In 2003 he was the recipient of the American Numismatic Society's Huntington Award, and is only one of three Islamists to have received this honor. He has twice been the recipient of the Samir-Shamma-prize for Islamic Numismatics, in 2000 and then in 2005. In May of 2004 the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen in Germany honored Mr. Album with philosophiae doctoris honoris causae, an honorary doctoral degree in philosophy. Steve is among the world's leading experts on Islamic and Indian coins. Joseph Lang | CE | Director of East Asian & Later Indian Numismatics Joe joined Stephen Album Rare Coins
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