½ Dirham - Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah AH 386–411 / AD 996–1021, Without Mint or Date

Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah remains one of the most contested figures in Islamic history — a caliph who closed Cairo's markets for years, banned the sale of certain foods outright, and at one point declared himself divine, a claim that gave rise to the Druze faith. His coinage reflects the administrative disorder of his reign: pieces struck without mint name or date are poorly understood even now, and Album 711 gathers a heterogeneous group that likely represents multiple production centers operating outside the standard chancery record.