Fatimids, Al-´Adid li-din Allah (555-567 AH/1160-1171 AD) AV Dinar. Al-Iskandariya mint, 564 AH = 1168 AD. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, who struck this dinar in al-Iskandariya in the year 4 and 60 and 500" in outer margin; "Abu Muhammad al-'Adad li-din Allah, commander of the faithful in inner margin; "Allah/Al-Imam /´Abd" in three lines across field / Kalima and Qur'an 9:33 in outer and inner margin; " 'Al/Ghaya" (to indicate the fine content) in two lines across field. Album 744.2, Nicol-2686. 3.47g, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very Rare, only 1 example recorded by Nicol.
From a private Swiss collection.