ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. 'Amr ibn al-Layth, AH 265-288 / AD 879-901. Dirham (Silver, 23 mm, 3.00 g, 1 h), Nishapur, AH 282 = 895/6. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abū Ḥafṣ ʿAmr / ibn al-Layth’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu Hafs ʿAmr, son of al-Layth’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Nayshābūr sana ithnayn wa thamānīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Nishapur in the year 282’ 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 al-Muʿtadid billah (AH 279-289 / AD 892-902), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muʿtaḍid billāh’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtadid billah’ 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. Pierced and with cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine.