Lot
3522
ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.18 g, 12 h), second series, al-Mansuriyya, AH 404 = 1013/4. Within a central circle, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); outer 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). Rev. Within a central circle, ‘al-Ḥākim bi amr Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘al-Hakim bi amr Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘ʿabd Allāh wa waliyyuhū al-Manṣūr Abū ʿAlī al-Imām’ (‘The servant of Allah and His friend, al-Mansur Abu ʿAli, the Imam’ in Arabic); outer margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Manṣūriyya sana arbaʿ wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in al-Mansuriyya in the year 404’ in Arabic). Album 709.2. Light areas of weakness and with minor nicks, otherwise, very fine.