ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. 1/2 Dirham (Silver, 19 mm, 1.43 g, 12 h), [Misr]. Within a central circle, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); outer margin off flan. Rev. Within a central circle, ‘al-Ḥākim bi amr Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘al-Hakim bi amr Allah, the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘ʿabd Allāh wa waliyyuhū al-Manṣūr Abū ʿAlī al-Imām’ (‘The Servant of Allah and His friend, al-Mansur Abu ʿAli, the Imam’ in Arabic); outer margin, containing the mint and date formula, off flan. Album 711. Rare and unsually attractive. Areas of weakness and with edge splits, otherwise, extremely fine.