ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. 'Amr ibn al-Layth, AH 265-288 / AD 879-901. Dirham (Silver, 23 mm, 2.31 g, 1 h), Fars, AH 269 = AD 882/3. Citing al-Muwaffaq billah, brother of the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Maʿtamid ʿala Allah (AH 256-279 / AD 870-892), ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Muwaffaq billāh / ʿAmr ibn al-Layth’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Muwaffaq billah. ʿAmr son of al-Layth’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Fārs sana tisʿ wa sittīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Fars in the year 269’ 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, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Maʿtamid ʿalā Allāh’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Maʿtamid ʿala Allah’ 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 1402. Rare and nicely toned. Light areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.