ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Ma'mun, AH 193-218 / AD 809-833. Dinar (Gold, 18 mm, 4.23 g, 1 h), [Misr], AH 202 = 817/8. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-maghrib’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. The west’ 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). Rev. Citing vizier al-Fadl Dhuʾl-Riyasatayn ‘li-llāh al-Faḍl / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / Dhuʾl-Riyāsatayn’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Fadl Dhuʾl-Riyasatayn’ in Arabic); Citing the Egyptian governor al-Sari in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sana ithnatayn wa miʾatayn al-Sārī’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 202. al-Sari’ in Arabic). Album 222.7. Bent and scratched, otherwise, very fine.