ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar, Amir of Iraq, AH 356-367 / AD 967-978. Dinar (Gold, 26 mm, 4.08 g, 12 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 358 = 968/9. ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / ʿIzz al-Dawla / Abū Manṣūr / Būya’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. ʿIzz al-Dawla Abu Mansur Buya’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana thamān wa khamsīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 358’ 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-Mutiʿ lillah (AH 334-363 / AD 946-974), and Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli (AH 335-366 / AD 947-977) as overlord, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh wa sallam / al-Muṭīʿ lillāh / Rukn al-Dawla / Abū ʿAlī / Būya’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. al-Mutiʿ lillah. Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli Buya’ 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 1556. Rare. Areas of weakness and somewhat wavy, otherwise, about extremely fine.