ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). Mu'izz al-Dawla Ahmad ibn Buwayh, AH 334-356 / AD 946-967. Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 3.39 g, 2 h), Ramhurmuz, AH 338 = 949/50. ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Muʿizz al-Dawla / Abu’l-Ḥusayn Būya’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muʿizz al-Dawla Abu’l-Husayn Buya’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Rāmhurmuz sana thamān wa thalāthīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Ramhurmuz in the year 338’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘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 the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mutiʿ lillah (AH 334-363 / AD 946-974), and ʿImad al-Dawla Abu’l-Hasan (AH 334-338 / AD 946-949) as overlord, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh wa sallam / al-Muṭīʿ lillāh / ʿImād al-Dawla / Abu’l-Ḥasan Būya’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. al-Mutiʿ lillah. ʿImad al-Dawla Abu’l-Hasan Buya’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘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 1543.1. Somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine.