ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). 'Adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja' Fanakhusraw, AH 338-372 / AD 949-983. Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 3.17 g, 2 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 368 = 978/9. ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-malik ʿAḍud al-Dawla / wa Tāj al-Milla / Abū Shujāʿ / Būya’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. King ʿAdud al-Dawla wa Taj al-Milla Abu Shujaʿ Buya’ in Arabic); mint and date formula in the inner margin; 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. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Taʾiʿ lillah (AH 363-381 / AD 974-991), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh wa sallam / al-Ṭāʾiʿ lillāh’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. al-Taʾiʿ lillah’ in Arabic); in the margin, 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). Album 1552. Zeno 299070. Weak strike and with a ragged edge, otherwise, good fine.