ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Ghurids (Bamiyan). Shams al-Din Muhammad, AH 558-588 / AD 1163-1192. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 2.50 g). Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) as al-Nasir billah, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-imām al-Nāṣir billāh / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Imam al-Nasir billah, the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the ruler as ‘al-Sulṭān / al-Muʿẓẓam Shams / al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Abuʾl-Muẓaffar Muḥammad / ibn Masʿūd’; illegible mint and date formula around. Album -, cf. R1802.2 (with ‘al-Sulṭān al-Aʿẓam). Zeno-197674 (this coin). Extremely rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, nearly very fine.