★ Very rare ★

ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah, AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. Fractional Dirham (Silver, 13 mm, 0.97 g), stellate type. Shiʿa kalima arranged in six lines around a circle so as to form a star within the circle, ‘lā ilāha / illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh ʿAlī / walī Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); illegible mint and date formula in the margin. Rev. Name and title of the Fatimid caliph arranged in six lines around a circle so as to form a star within the circle, ‘al-Imām / Maʿad / al-Mustanṣir / bi-llāh / amīr / al-muʾminīn’ (‘Imam Maʿad al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); illegible marginal legend. Album -, cf. 722 (1/4 dinar). Very rare. Areas of weakness and with ragged edge, otherwise, very fine.