ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muttaqi, AH 329-333 / AD 940-944. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 4.80 g, 12 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 331 = 942/3. Citing Abu Mansur, the son and heir of the caliph, and the Hamdanid brothers Sayf al-Dawla Abu’l-Hasan and Nasir al-Dawla Abu Muhammad (joint reign: AH 330-356 / AD 942-967), ‘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); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana iḥdā wa thalāthīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 331’ 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. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / al-Muttaqī lillāh / Nāṣir al-Dawla / Abū Muḥammad / ibrīz’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. al-Muttaqi lillah. Nasir al-Dawla Abu Muhammad. Pure [gold]’ 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 260. A heavy example of this rare issue. Slightly clipped and with light areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine.