ISLAMIC, Egypt & Syria (Pre-Fatimid). Tulunids. Khumarawaih, AH 270-282 / AD 884-896. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 4.13 g, 9 h), Antakiyya (Antiochia), AH 278 = AD 891/2, AH 278 = AD 891/2. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph’s first heir al-Mufawwidh ila Allah, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Mufawwiḍ ilā Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Mufawwidh ila Allah’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Anṭākiyya sana thamān wa sabʿīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Antakiyya in the year 278’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, traces of ‘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. Within two concentric circles, citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muʿtamid ʿala Allah (AH 256-279 / AD 870-892), ‘Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muʿtamid ʿalā Allāh / Khumārawayh ibn Aḥmad’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtamid ʿala Allah. Khumarawayh son of Ahmad’ in Arabic); to right and above, ‘al-mulk – lillāh’ (‘The kingdom is Allah’s’ in Arabic); in the margin, traces of ‘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 664.1. Bernardi 193Ga. An very rare issue. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, very fine.