ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Zirids. al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, AH 406-454 / AD 1016-1062. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 4.19 g, 1 h), Nul Lamta, date illegible. Within a central circle, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘yā ayyuha al-nabī innā arsalnāka shāhidan wa mubashshiran wa nadhīran wa dāʿiyan ilā Allāh’ (‘O Prophet! Truly We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, a warner, and a summoner to Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 33: 45-46). Rev. Within a central circle, ‘wa man yabtagh ghayr a/l-ʾIslām dīnan / falan yuqbala minhu’ (‘And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 3: 85); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi madīnat Nūl sana … arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the city of Nul in the year 4xx’ in Arabic). Album 458. Rare. Somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine.