ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid, AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.86 g, 1 h), Surra man Raʾa, AH 270 = 883/4. Citing his heir al-Mufawwid ila Allah, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Mufawwiḍ ilā Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Mufawwid ila Allah’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Surra man Raʾā sana sabʿīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Surra man Raʾa in the year 270’ 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. Citing vizier Dhu’l-Wizaratayn, ‘[li-llāh] / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muʿtamid ʿalā Allāh / Dhu’l-Wizāratayn’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtamid ʿala Allah / Dhu’l-Wizaratayn’ 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 240.3. Rare. Somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine.