ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). Rukn al-Dawla Abu 'Ali al-Hasan, AH 338-366 / AD 949-977. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.30 g, 1 h), al-Muhammadiyya (?), AH 34x. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mutiʿ lillah (AH 334-363 / AD 946-974), ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Muṭīʿ lillāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Mutiʿ lillah’ in Arabic); illegible mint and date formula in the inner margin; 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 / Rukn al-Dawla / Abū ʿAlī / Būya’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Rukn al-Dawla Abu ʿAli Buya’ 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 1546A. Rare. Somewhat wavy, otherwise, very fine.