Stephen Album Rare Coins | Press Release | January 8, 2026

Stephen Album Rare Coins will hold its next premier sale, Auction 54, from January 22-25, 2026, at its offices in Santa Rosa, California. The auction is made up of 4050 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 has been very robust, 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:

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

Some highlights from the sale follow:

LOT 72

ANCIENTS - ROMAN EMPIRE: Titus, as caesar, 77-78 AD, AV aureus (7.11g), Rome, 77-78 AD, RIC-954 (Vespasian), laureate head right, T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS // Rome seated right on two oval shields, holding spear in left hand, eagle flying to each side, small she-wolf and twins to right, COS VI, small graffito on reverse, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, NGC graded Fine, ex Roma Auction 9, Lot 628

Estimated at $2,500 to $3,000

LOT 138

ISLAMIC - ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Abi Shay(kh), fl. 692, AR drachm (2.68g), APRShT (Abarshahr, = Nishapur), AH72, A-29, clipped down to slightly below the post-reform Umayyad standard, clear name, mint & date, stylistically identical to the first known example (sold in our Auction 17, lot 104, back in 2013, now Zeno-128271) but struck from a different pair of dies, VF, RRRR

Estimated at $15,000 to $20,000

LOT 566

ISLAMIC - ASSASSINS AT ALAMUT (BATINID): Muhammad III, 1221-1254, glass weight (16.10g), A-1921W, larger than usual format for an Islamic glass weight with a diameter of 38mm, with the elegantly engraved legend 'alâ / al-dunya wa'l-din / muhammad bin al-hasan / al-mawla al-a'zam, green, mostly translucent, with some light patina; completely unknown and a majestic example, VF to XF, RRRR, ex Ismail al-Imam Collection

Estimated at $15,000 to $20,000

LOT 737

BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR 1/2 rupee, 1877(c), KM-491, S&W-6.169, type A/I, Calcutta Mint, a wonderful bright lustrous mint state example, incredibly rare in this state of preservation, PCGS graded MS64, the single finest graded example by PCGS and only one graded higher by NGC, ex Puddester Collection

Estimated at $20,000 to $25,000

LOT 906

WORLD COINS - TRANSYLVANIA / HUNGARY: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AV 5 ducats (17.31g), Nagybánya, 1803, KM-A257, ÉH-977b, H-1295, mount expertly removed, still an attractive lustrous example of this large gold issue, PCGS graded AU details

Estimated at $6,000 to $8,000

LOT 1125

WORLD COINS - CEYLON: Dutch, AE 6 stuiver (1/2 larin) (65.74g), Colombo, ND (1660-1720), KM-21, Scholten-1288a, Passon-53.4, dump style bar, St within leafy wreath at left end of bar and VI in similar wreath at right end of bar, repeated on the reverse, letters DXCII (Roman for 592) written in museum ink on one side, noted as circa 1660-1720 on the NGC label, described as circa 1712 on the Lakdiva website, an item of the utmost rarity that almost never comes up for auction, NGC graded VF30 BN, RRR, ex Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio Auction 19, February 23, 1995, Lot 48; ex Dick Ford Collection

Estimated at $9,000 to $12,000

LOT 1290

CHINA - XIN DYNASTY: Wang Mang, 7-23 AD, AE gold key money (35.12g), H-9.12, yi dao ping wu qian (one knife worth five thousand) with the words yi dao written in gold inlay, minor encrustation, graded 85 by GBCA Grading Company, a lovely example of this rare and popular type! XF, ex Zhao Quanzhi Collection

Estimated at $8,000 to $10,000

The firm is currently accepting consignments for its 2026 auctions.

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