ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir, second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.42 g, 7 h), Makka (Mecca), AH 299 = 911/2. 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); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh [ḍuriba hādh]ā al-dirham bi Makka sana tisʿ wa tisʿīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Makka in the year 299’ in Arabic); outer margin, ‘li-llāh [al-amr min qabl wa mi]n 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’ (‘To 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 liyu]ẓhirahū 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 246.2. Extremely rare. Crystallized and broken, with one piece missing, otherwise, very fine.