ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid, AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 4.62 g, 1 h), al-Ahwaz, AH 267 = 880/1. Citing his heir al-Muwaffaq billah, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Muwaffaq billāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Muwaffaq billah’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi al-Ahwāz sana sabʿ wa sittīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in al-Ahwaz in the year 267’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, traces of ‘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-Muʿtamid ʿalā Allāh’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtamid ʿala Allah’ 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 240.5. Weak strike, otherwise, very fine.