ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir, second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 4.20 g, 7 h), Filastin, AH 305 = AD 917/8. Citing his son and heir Abu’l-ʿAbbas, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abu’l-ʿAbbās ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu’l-ʿAbbas son of the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Filasṭīn sana khams wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Filastin in the year 305’ in Arabic); outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh’ (‘To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muqtadir billāh’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muqtadir billah’ 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 245.2. Struck from somewhat corroded dies and with minor die breaks, otherwise, very fine.

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