ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). 'Adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja' Fanakhusraw, AH 342-372 / AD 953-983. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 4.91 g, 12 h), Suq al-Ahwaz, AH 367 = 977/8. Citing his father ʿAdud al-Dawla Abu Shujaʿ (AH 338-372 / 949-983), ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-malik / ʿAḍud al-Dawla / wa Tāj al-Milla / Abū Shujāʿ’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. King ʿAdud al-Dawla wa Taj al-Milla Abu Shujaʿ’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Sūq al-Ahwāz sana sabʿ wa sittīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Suq al-Ahwaz in the year 367’ in Arabic); 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-Taʾiʿ lillah (AH 363-381 / AD 974-991), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Ṭāʾiʿ lillāh / al-Marz(u)bān ibn / ʿAḍud al-Dawla’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Taʾiʿ lillah. al-Marz(u)ban son of ʿAdud al-Dawla’ 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 1567. Struck from worn dies and with minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.