ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). 'Adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja' Fanakhusraw, AH 342-372 / AD 953-983. Dirham (Silver, 30 mm, 3.80 g, 3 h), Siraf, AH 363 = 973/4. Citing his father Rukn al-Dawla as his overlord, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Rukn al-Dawla / Abū ʿAlī (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Sīrāf sana thalāth wa sittīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Siraf in the year 363’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mutiʿ lillah (AH 334-363 / AD 946-974), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-Muṭīʿ lillāh / al-amīr al-ʿādil / ʿAḍud al-Dawla / Abū Shujāʿ’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Mutiʿ lillah. The just amir, ʿAdud al-Dawla Abu Shujāʿ’ 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 1550.1. Edge chipping, otherwise, very fine.