'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir, second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929. Dinar (Gold, 17 mm, 1.93 g, 5 h), ‘Amiri’ type, Sanʿa, AH 306 = AD 918/9. ‘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 inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Ṣanʿā sana sitt wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Sanʿa in the year 306’ 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. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muqtadir billāh’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muqtadir billah’ 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 1058.1. Rare. Slightly wavy flan and with minor doubling on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.