ISLAMIC, Syria & al-Jazira (Pre-Seljuq). Hamdanids. Nasir al-Dawla (Abu Muhammad al-Hasan) and Sayf al-Dawla (Abu'l Hasan 'Ali), conjointly, AH 330-356 / AD 942-967. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 3.41 g, 8 h), Mint effaced, AH 33x. Citing Abu Mansur, the son and heir of the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muttaqi lillah (AH 329-333 / AD 940-944), ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Abū Manṣūr ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn / Sayf al-Dawla / Abu’l-Hasan’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu Mansur, son of the Commander of the Believers. Sayf al-Dawla Abu’l-Hasan’ in Arabic); mint and date formula in the inner margin; 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 the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muttaqi lillah, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / al-Muttaqī lillāh / Nāṣir al-Dawla / Abū Muḥammad’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. al-Muttaqi lillah. Nasir al-Dawla Abu Muhammad’ in Arabic); in the margin, traces of ‘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 748. Rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.