Rarities From the East at Steve Album’s Auction 52

Stephen Album Rare Coins will hold its next premier sale Auction 52 from May 15-18, 2025 at their offices in Santa Rosa, California. The auction is made up of 3550 lots of Ancient, Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and World Coins. The first two days will include in-person bidding as well as online bidding, while the third and fourth days will be online-only sessions.

The firm’s CEO Joseph Lang notes: “The coin market is very strong currently and our consignors as well as our bidders have been eager to contribute to and participate in our highly successful auctions. Our current auction has a wide array of interesting items that our clients have come to expect to see in our sales”.

Featured collections in the auction include:

• The Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection of World Coins
• The Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins
• The Roland Dauwe Collection of Coins Minted at Qumm
• The Dr. Dirk Löer Collection of Chinese Coins
• The Solar Collection of Indian Coins

Lot viewing is available by appointment at the firm’s offices in Santa Rosa, California.

Some highlights from the sale follow:

Lot 613: Ancient India: Kushan: Huvishka, ca. 155-187 AD, gold dinar (7.97g), G-156.2 (same dies), ANS Kushan-723, diademed and crowned half-length bust left, with flames above right shoulder, holding mace and ankusa (elephant goad), clouds below, ÞAOhAHOÞAO O-OhÞKI KOÞANO // Skando-Komaro and Bizago standing facing, with heads nimbate and toward each other, tamgha between them, CKAN-ΔO KOM-AP-O BIZAΓO, small scrape and filing mark on edge, extremely rare with only a few auction examples, XF. Estimated at $8,000 to $12,000.

Lot 752: Indian States: Tripura: Isvara Manikya, 1600, silver tanka (16.67g), SE1522 (1600), KM-114, RB-190, lion left, border of annulets // four-line legend sri sri yutisvara manikya deva sri sri isvara sri isvara maha devyah, citing the two Queens, both called Isvara, wonderful strike, PCGS graded AU55, RRR, ex David Cashin Collection. Estimated at $4,000 to $6,000

Lot 785: British India: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, gold mohur, 1882-C, KM-496, Prid-14, S&W-6.11, an attractive mint state example with light luster, NGC graded MS62. Estimated at $4,000 to $4,500.

Lot 1301: Nepal: Kathmandu: Lakshmi Narasimha, 1620-1641, silver mohar (10.14g), KM-150, “Ala-ud-din” type, octagon formed from interlocked squares with lion inside, pseudo-Arabic text around imitating prototypes issued by Ala-ud-Din Muhammad Shah Khalji // Nepali sri sri within circle, text around, PCGS graded EF45. Estimated at $5,000 to $7,000

Lot 1416: China: Ingots: Qing Dynasty, silver 50 tael (liang) sycee (1840.5g), Jilin Dachibao (Big Winged) type, tong qian in curved stamp, and yuan in circular stamp atop silver ingot, authenticated in GBCA box, GBCA graded AU50. Estimated at $10,000 to $15,000.

Lot 1497: China: Tibet: gold 20 srang, Gser Khang mint, BE15-52 (1919), Y-20, L&M-1063A, Autonomous Tibetan issue, PCGS graded AU58. Estimated at $4,000 to $6,000.

Lot 1512: China: Tibet: Paper Money, 50 tam, BE16-59 (1913), Pick-5, Autonomous Tibetan issue, blue ink, two lions at center, unique error with missing serial numbers and seal, PCGS graded VF30, ex Alexander Lissanevitch Collection, ex Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio April 2017 Hong Kong Auction, Lot 70600. Estimated at $5,000 to $6,000.

The firm is currently accepting consignments for its forthcoming auctions in 2025.