al-Andalus (Spain). Umayyads. temp. 'Abd al-Rahman I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 138-172 / AD 756-788. Dirham (Silver, 28 mm, 2.60 g, 7 h), al-Andalus (Cordoba), AH 167 = AD 783/4. Central field, in three lines: lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahu / lā sharīka lahu (‘There is no god but God alone, He has no associate’ in Arabic). Margin: bi-sm Allāh hādhā al-dirham al-Andalus sanat sabʿ wa-sittīn wa-miʾa (‘In the name of God, this is a dirham of al-Andalus, year one hundred and sixty-seven’ in Arabic). Rev. Central field, in four lines: Allāh aḥad Allāh / al-ṣamad lam yalid / wa-lam yūlad wa-lam yakun / lahu kufuwan aḥad (‘God is One, God the Eternal; He begets not, nor is He begotten, and none is like unto Him’ in Arabic, Qurʾān 112:1–4). Margin: Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahu bi-l-hudā wa-dīn al-ḥaqq li-yuẓhirahu ʿalā al-dīn kullihi wa-law kariha al-mushrikūn (‘Muḥammad is the Messenger of God, whom He sent with guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over all religion, even though the polytheists may dislike it’ in Arabic). Album 339. Gómez, Hispano-Andalusí 27. ICV 546. Miles 58. Beautifully toned. Minor areas of weakness and some deposits on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.