ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.89 g, 3 h), Maʿdin Bajunays in Armenia, AH 193 = AD 808/9. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Maʿdin Bājunays sana thalāth wa tisʿīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Maʿdin Bajunays in the year 193’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the Caliph’s son al-Amin Muhammad, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / mimmā amara bihī al-amīr al-Amīn / Muḥammad ibn amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. From that ordered by Amir al-Amin Muhammad son of the Commander of the Believers’ 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 219.9. A very rare date from a rare mint. Some corrosion and with a minor die break on the reverse , otherwise, very fine.