ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid, AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 3.46 g, 11 h), Fars, AH 273 (?) = 886/7. Citing his heir al-Muwaffaq billah by the title al-Nasir li-din Allah, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh / al-Muwaffaq billāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Nasir li-din Allah al-Muwaffaq billah’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Fārs sana thalāth(?) wa sabʿīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Fars in the year 273(?)’ 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 -, cf. 240.7A (with the second heir Ahmad ibn al-Muwaffaq billah). Extremely rare. Areas of weakness and with some scratches and porosity, otherwise, good fine.