ISLAMIC, Egypt & Syria (Pre-Fatimid). Ikhshidids. Abu'l-Qasim Unujur, AH 334-349 / AD 946-960. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.18 g, 6 h), Misr, AH 344 = 955/6. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abu’l-Qāsim ibn / al-Ikhshīd’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu’l-Qasim son of al-Ikhshid’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Miṣr sana arbaʿ wa arbaʿīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Misr in the year 344’ 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), ‘lillāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayhi / wa ʿalā ālihī / al-Muṭīʿ lillāh’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and his household. al-Mutiʿ lillah’ 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 676. Areas of weakness and with some doubling, otherwise, very fine.