ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Aghlabids. Ziyadat Allah II ibn Muhammad, AH 249-250 / AD 863-864. 1/4 Dirham (Silver, 15 mm, 0.57 g, 10 h), Siqilliyya (Sicily), AH 250 = AD 864. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Ṣiqilliyya sana khamsīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘This dirham was struck in Siqilliyya in the year 250’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a dotted circle, ‘ghālib / Muḥammad rasūl / Allāh ṣalla Allāh / ʿalayh / Ziyādat Allāh’ (‘Victorious. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. Ziyadat Allah’ in Arabic). Album 445. Extremely rare. Some areas of weakness and with minor scratches, otherwise, about very fine.