ISLAMIC, al-Andalus (Spain). Umayyads. Hisham II ibn al-Hakam, first reign, AH 366-399 / AD 976-1009. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 3.46 g, 7 h), al-Andalus, AH [3]88 = AD 998. Citing Muhammad, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Muḥammad’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muhammad’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi al-Andalus sana thamān wa thamān[īn]’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in al-Andalus in the year [3]88’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the caliph’s title al-Muʾayyad billah and ʿAmir, ‘al-Imām Hishām / amīr al-muʾminīn / al-Muʾayyad billāh / ʿĀmir’ (‘Imam Hisham, Commander of the Believers, al-Muʾayyad billah. ʿAmir’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn [kullih]’ (‘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’ in Arabic). Album 354.2. Lightly toned. Good very fine.