ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Ma'mun, AH 193-218 / AD 809-833. Dinar (Gold, 18 mm, 4.00 g, 11 h), [Misr], AH 205 = AD 820/1. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-maghrib’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. The west’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih’ (‘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’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the military commander Tahir [ibn al-Husayn] and Muhammad ibn al-Sari, governor of Egypt, ‘li-llāh Ṭāhir / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / Muḥammad ibn al-Sārī’ (‘For Allah. Tahir. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Muḥammad son of al-Sari’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sana khams wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 205’ in Arabic). Album 222.8. Rare. Clipped, wavy and scratched, otherwise, fine.