ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mustansir, AH 623-640 / AD 1226-1242. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 6.21 g, 6 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 6[3]6 = 1238/9. Within an octofoil, ‘al-imām / lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-Mustanṣir billāh / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Imam al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); to right and left and bottom, ‘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); in the margin, ‘bism [Allāh ḍuriba hādhā] al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana sitt wa [thalāthīn] wa sitta miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 6[3]6’ in Arabic). Rev. Within an octofoil, ‘al-ḥamd lillāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / wa sallam’ (‘Praise be to Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih’, continued in the right and left fields, ‘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 271. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some die rust on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.