al-Maghreb (North Africa). Zirids. al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, AH 406-454 / AD 1016-1062. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.21 g, 11 h), al-Qayrawan, AH [44]7 = AD 1055/6. Within a central circle, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘yā ayyuha al-nabī innā arsalnāka shāhidan wa mubashshiran wa nadhīran wa dāʿiyan ilā Allāh’ (‘O Prophet! Truly We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, a warner, and a summoner to Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 33: 45-46). Rev. Within a central circle, ‘wa man yabtagh ghayr / al-ʾIslām dīnan / falan yuqbala minhu’ (‘And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 3: 85); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba bi madīnat ʿIzz al-Islām wa’l-Qayrawān sana sabʿ’ (‘In the name of Allah. Struck in the city of ʿIzz al-Islam wa al-Qayrawan in the year 7’ in Arabic). Album 458. Rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine.