ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, AH 341-365 / AD 953-975. 1/4 Dinar (Gold, 13 mm, 1.00 g), al-Mansuriyya (?), illegible date. Two concentric circles of inscription around a central pellet; inner inscription, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh ʿAlī afḍal al-waṣiyyīn’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the most excellent of the executors’ in Arabic); outer inscription, mint and date formula. Rev. Inner inscription, ‘al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘al-Muʿizz li-Din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); ‘daʿā al-imām Maʿadd li-tawḥīd al-ilāh al-ṣamad’ (‘Imam Maʿadd summons [everyone] to confirm the oneness of God, the Absolute’ in Arabic). Album 698. Rare. The flan wavy and struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, very fine.