FATIMID, AL-HAKIM (386-411h) Dinar, Misr 387h Obverse: In field: al-Mansur | abu ‘Ali al-Imam | al-Hakim bi-amr Allah | amir al-mu’minin Reverse: In field: la ilaha illa Allah | wahdahu la sharik lahu | Muhammad rasul Allah | ‘Ali wali Allah Weight: 4.13g Reference: Nicol 1072, citing two examples Good fine, an evenly-struck example of this extremely rare type. This very rare issue, produced only in the first two years of al-Hakim’s reign, features four-line inscriptions in the fields on both sides as opposed to the standard two-line legends found on most of al-Hakim’s coinage. Only a handful of dinars of this type are recorded, of which this is the rarer, later year.

Estimate: GBP 1500 - 2000