ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah, AH 411-427 / AD 1021-1036. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 4.14 g), first series, al-Mahdiyya, AH 420 = AD 1029/30. Two concentric circles of inscription around a two-line central inscription, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic); inner inscription, ‘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 inscription, ‘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. Two concentric circles of inscription around a two-line central inscription, ‘al-Ẓāhir li-Iʿzāz Dīn / Allāh amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘al-Zahir li-Iʿzaz Din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); inner inscription, ‘ʿabd Allāh wa waliyyuhū ʿAlī Abu’l-Ḥasan al-imām’ (‘The servant of Allah and His friend, ʿAli Abu’l-Hasan, the Imam’ in Arabic); outer inscription, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Mahdīyya sana ʿishrīn wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in al-Mahdiyya in the year 420’ in Arabic). Album 714.1. Rare. Struck from slightly worn dies and with a few minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.