Watch List notes:

FATIMID, AL-MU'IZZ (341-365h). Dinar, al-Mansuriya 342h. OBVERSE: Three concentric marginal inscriptions around al-qudra lillah. REVERSE: Three concentric marginal inscriptions around al-'izza lillah. WEIGHT: 4.07g. REFERENCE: Nicol 388. CONDITION: Very faint edge marks, otherwise very fine and rare. This rare type was struck at al-Mansuriya between 341h and 343h, and is notable for the extra, strongly Shi'ite legends in the middle of the three concentric legends on each side. That on the obverse reads muha sunnat Muhammad sayyid al-mursalin wa warith majd al-a'imma al-mahdiyyin, 'Revivifier of the sunna of Muhammad, pre-eminent of the messengers, and heir of the rightly-guided imams,' while the reverse reads wa 'Ali bin Abi Talib wasiyy al-rasul wa'l-na'ib al-fadul wa zawj al-zahra al-batal, ''Ali is the nominee of the Prophet and the representative of the most radiant Virgin.'
(700-1000 GBP)