'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir, third reign, AH 317-320 / AD 929-932. Dirham (Silver, 27 mm, 2.93 g, 4 h), Hims (Emesa), AH 320 = AD 932. Citing his son, Abuʾl-ʿAbbas, as heir apparent on the obverse. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abuʾl-ʿAbbās ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abuʾl-ʿAbbas, son of the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Ḥimṣ sana ʿishrīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Hims in the year 320’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, traces of ‘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 vizier ʿAmid al-Dawla, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muqtadir billāh / ʿAmīd al-Dawla’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muqtadir billah. ʿAmid al-Dawla’ 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 249. A very rare mint. Areas of weakness, deposits and flan faults on the edge, otherwise, very fine.