ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 3.00 g, 11 h), al-Muhammadiya, AH 180 = 796/7. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi al-Muḥammadiya sana thamānīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in al-Muhammadiya in the year 180’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing al-Rashid’s son al-Amin Muhammad, governor Muhammad ibn Yahya, and vizier Jaʿfar, ‘Muḥammad rasūl / Allāh mimmā amara bihī al-amīr al-Amīn / Muḥammad ibn amīr al-muʾminīn fī / wilāyat Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā / Jaʿfar’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. From that ordered by Amir al-Amin Muhammad, son of the Commander of the Believers, under the rule of Muhammad ibn Yahya. Jaʿfar’ 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 219.12. Rare and beautifully toned. Areas of weakness and with some deposits and minor doubling, otherwise, very fine.