ISLAMIC, Syria & al-Jazira (Pre-Seljuq). 'Uqaylids. Mu'tamid al-Dawla, circa AH 391-442 / AD 1001-1050. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 4.09 g, 6 h), Nasibin, AH 4xx. Citing his brother and joint ruler Abu’l-Fadl Badran, ‘[ʿa]dl(?) / lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Muʿtamid al-Dawla / wa Abu’l-Faḍl ibnāʾ / Ḥusām al-Dawla’ (‘Justice(?). There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muʿtamid al-Dawla and Abu’l-Fadl, sons of Husam al-Dawla’ in Arabic); mint and date formula in the margin, of which only a small part is legible. Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031) and the Buwayhid overlord Sultan al-Dawla Abu Shujaʿ (AH 403-415 / AD 1012-1024), ‘…li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / al-Qādir bi-llāh / al-malik Sulṭān al-Dawla / Abū Shujāʿ’ (‘…To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. al-Qadir billah. King Sultan al-Dawla Abu Shujaʿ’ in Arabic); illegible margin. Album 759A. Rare. Weakly struck and rough, otherwise, very fine.