ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). Samsam al-Dawla Abu Kalinjar Marzuban, AH 362-388 / AD 973-998. Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 4.65 g), Fasa, AH 382 = 992/3. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031), and Fakhr al-Dawla (AH 373-387 / AD 983-997) as overlord, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-Qādir billāh / Fakhr al-Dawla / wa Falak al-Umma’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Qadir billah. Fakhr al-Dawla wa Falak al-Umma’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Fasā sana ithnayn wa thamānīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Fasa in the year 382’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a dotted circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-malik al-ʿādil / Ṣamṣām al-Dawla / wa Shams al-Milla / Abū Kālījār’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The just king Samsam al-Dawla wa Shams al-Milla Abu Kalijar’ in Arabic); in the margin, traces of ‘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 1570. Areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.