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• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

This specimen was lot 709 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JANID: Abu 'l-Ghazi Khan, 1758-1785, AV tilla 4.63 g, NM, ND, A-3025.1, although without mint name, struck at Bukhara, his capital, mount removed, VF, RR."

• Bukhara AH 1201 tilla KM 10? also AH 1202.

This specimen was lot 726 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $510. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee 10.39 g, Balkh, AH1208, A-3108, dated "128" on obverse for 1208 and "121" on reverse, with the mint epithet umm al-bilad, "the mother of cities", modestly cleaned, choice VF, RRR."

• Afghanistan AH 1208 rupee struck at Ahmadshahi, Bakhar, Dera, Derajat, Herat, Kabul, Kashmir, Lahore, Mashhad, Peshawar but don't see Balkh.

This specimen was lot 727 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee 11.36 g, Mashhad, AH1214, A-3108, struck by the Afsharid ruler Nadir II, but in the name of his protector, Shah Zaman, VF, R."

• Afghanistan AH 1214 rupee

This specimen was lot 728 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"DURRANI: Sultan 'Ali, 1818-1819, AR rupee 10.35 g, Kabul, AH1234 year one (ahad), A-3134S, this is the first confirmed specimen for Sultan 'Ali (another reference remains unconfirmed), with the king 's name and dated in the lower part of the couplet (still only partly deciphered, referring to gold like the sun and silver like the moon in the upper part of the couplet), VF-EF, RRRR. Kabul was seized by the Barakzay Dost Muhammad Khan after the death of Mahmud Shah in AH1233, but instead of striking coins in his own name, first struck posthumous coins of Mahmud later that year, then installed Sultan Ali by the end of 1233. However, Dost Muhammad was forced out of Kabul by his half brother Muhammad 'Azim at some point in 1234, and Muhammad 'Azim detained Sultan Ali and installed Ayyub Shah as the nominal king at Kabul (Sultan Ali was arrested and shortly afterwards executed). Muhammad 'Azim had already raised Ayyub Shah on the Durrani throne at Peshawar in 1233, which explains why Peshawar rupees inscribed "year one" are dated AH1233 and 1234, rupees of Kabul with "year one" dated 1234 and 1235!"

• Afghanistan AH 1234/1 rupee this ruler unlisted in KM.

This specimen was lot 905 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JODHPUR: Jaswant Singh, 1873-1895, AV mohur 10.91 g, Jodhpur, ND/DM, KM-81, removed from jewelry, noticeable mainly on the reverse, VF."

• Jodhpur (1885-87) mohur dated specimens VS 1942-44.

This specimen was lot 906 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JODHPUR: Sardar, 1895-1911, AV mohur 11.03 g, Jodhpur, year "22", KM-90, with nagari legend em hrim in obverse field, above the name of the overlord, Queen Victoria, EF."

• Jodhpur VS 1952 mohur gold, 11 g, 21 mm diameter.

This specimen was lot 922 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SIKH EMPIRE: AV rupee (1/15 mohur) 0.65 g, Multan, VS1905, KM-87, Herrli-11.09.04, struck by Diwan Mulraj during the British siege of Multan, choice EF. The siege of Multan was a prolonged event between the British East India Company and the city and state of Multan. The siege lasted from April 19, 1848, when a rebellion against a ruler installed by the East India Company started the Second Anglo-Sikh War, until January 22, 1849, when the last of the defenders surrendered."

• Sikh Empire VS 1905 1/15 mohur Multan mint

This specimen was lot 2672 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $228. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFSHARID: Shahrukh, 1748-1750, AR rupi (11.50 g), Isfahan, AH1162, A-2774, although common at other mints, this type is extremely rare for Isfahan and Shiraz, gorgeous strike, EF."

• AH 1162 rupi, Isfahan mint, 11.50 g, silver. Shahrukh ruled AH 1161-63, AH 1163-68, AH 1168-1210. Isfahan mentioned for the 2nd reign only (KM 442.1).

This specimen was lot 2678 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $54. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AR double abbasi (9.04 g), Rasht, AH1189, A-2796, "9" of the date retrograde, EF, ex Dabestani Collection."

• Iran AH 1189 2 abbasi Rasht mint

This specimen was lot 2679 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AR abbasi (4.54 g), Yazd, AH1180, A-2800, lovely ornate design, unique to the mint of Yazd, EF, ex Dabestani Collection."

• Iran AH 1180 abbasi Yazd mint

This specimen was lot 2683 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $114. The catalog description^[1] noted, "QAJAR: Muhammad Hasan Khan, 1750-1759, AR shahi (1.15 g), Isfahan, AH1171, A-2830, KM-507.1, choice EF, R, ex Dabestani Collection."

• Iran AH 1171 shahi Isfahan mint

This specimen was lot 2684 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "QAJAR: Agha Muhammad Khan, 1779-1797, AR riyal (12.74 g), Tabriz, AH1206, A-2839, type C, bold strike, VF-EF."

• Iran AH 1206 rial Tabriz mint

This specimen was lot 2716 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $78. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DURRANI: Shah Zaman, 1793-1801, AR rupee (11.61 g), Ahmadshahi, AH1208, A-3108, superb strike, rare in this quality, choice EF."

• AH 1208 = 1793.

This specimen was lot 3053 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $66. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MADRAS PRESIDENCY: AR ½ rupee (5.82 g), AH1172 year 6, Stv-4.24, in the name of Alamgir II, but struck at Madras 1817-1835, small date variety, EF-AU."

This specimen was lot 3687 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN: Ulrika Eleonora, 1718-1720, AE ore, 1719, KM-364.2, SM-24b, struck over 1718 Emergency issue Mercurius daler (KM-361), periphery a bit weak on overstrike, VF, ex Dr. John Lund Collection."

• Sweden 1719 ore ore was normally billon.