ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.16 g, 12 h), second series, al-Mansuriyya, AH 401(?) = AD 1010/1. Within a central circle, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘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 outer 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). Rev. Within a central circle, ‘al-Ḥākim bi amr Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn / ʿAbd’ (‘al-Hakim bi amr Allah, Commander of the Believers. ʿAbd’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘ʿabd Allāh wa waliyyuhū al-Manṣūr Abū ʿAlī al-Imām’ (‘The servant of Allah and His friend, al-Mansur Abu ʿAli, the Imam’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Manṣūriyya sana iḥdā(?) wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in al-Mansuriyya in the year 401(?)’ in Arabic). Album 709.2 (without heir). The flan somewhat wavy and with some doubling, otherwise, very fine.


ʿAbd’ in the reverse field refers to al-Hakim’s cousin and heir, ʿAbd al-Rahmān.