ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). Mu'izz al-Dawla Ahmad ibn Buwayh, AH 334-356 / AD 946-967. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.20 g, 12 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 349 = 960/1. Citing his son ʿIzz al-Dawla as heir apparent, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Muʿizz al-Dawla / Abu’l-Ḥusayn / ʿIzz al-Dawla / Abū Manṣūr / Būya’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muʿizz al-Dawla Abu’l-Husayn. ʿIzz al-Dawla Abu Mansur Buya’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana tisʿ wa arbaʿīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 349’ 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 Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli (AH 335-366 / AD 947-977) as overlord, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh wa sallam / al-Muṭīʿ lillāh / Rukn al-Dawla / Abū ʿAlī / Būya’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. al-Mutiʿ lillah. Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli 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 1544. Rare. Fresh and attractive, a lovely piece. Areas of weakness and with minor doubling, otherwise, extremely fine.