★ A very rare variety ★

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Kakwayhids. Ala al-Dawla Muhammad, AH 398-433 / AD 1008-1041. Dirham (Silver, 28 mm, 3.94 g), Hamadan, AH 421 = 1030/1. Religious phrases and the name of the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031) in an ornate style of calligraphy, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū naṣr min Allāh wa lā quwwat illā billāh al-Qādir billāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Help [is] from Allah and there is no strength except with Allah. al-Qadir billah’ in Arabic); inner margin, citing a local Buwayhid ruler, ‘amīr al-ʾumarā Samā al-Dawla wa Sanā al-Milla Abu’l-Ḥasan ibn Shams al-Dawla’ (‘the amir of amirs Sama al-Dawla wa Sana al-Milla Abu’l-Hasan son of Shams al-Dawla’ in Arabic); mint and date formula in the outer margin. Rev. Citing the titulature of the ruler within a dotted circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAḍud al-Dīn / ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla / Abū Jaʿfar’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. ʿAdud al-Din ʿAla al-Dawla Abu Jaʿfar’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic). Album 1591. A very rare variety. Areas of weakness and with some scratches and deposits, otherwise, very fine.

Ex Sincona 66, 19 October 2020, 1001.