ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah, AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. Dirham (Billon, 17 mm, 1.44 g, 4 h). Within a central circle, ‘ʿAlī / lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / walī Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, very weak 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). Rev. Within a central circle, ‘Maʿadd / al-imām Abū Tamīm / al-Mustanṣir / billāh amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘Maʿadd Imam Abu Tamim al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic). Album 723. Somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine.