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1/2 Dirham - Muhammad al-Shaykh Fes
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1544-1557 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1549-1659) |
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| Obverse description | Square hammered flan bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription arranged within a plain rectilinear border. The calligraphic text, rendered in the angular Maghribi style, occupies the entire field and references the ruling sultan Muhammad al-Shaykh of the Saadian dynasty. The surface shows characteristic irregularity of hand-struck coinage, with the legend distributed across three or four horizontal registers. |
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| Reverse description | Square hammered flan with a multi-line Arabic inscription in Maghribi script enclosed within a beaded border on the left side and a plain border on the remaining three sides. The legend, spread across three horizontal registers, occupies the full field and likely records the mint name Fes (Fez) along with a Quranic invocation or regnal formula. The irregular planchet edges and uneven strike are characteristic of Saadian-era hammered silver coinage. |
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| Mintage | 951 (1544) - - 956 (1549) - - 956 (1549) - - 961 (1554) - - 961 (1554) - - 963 (1556) - - 963 (1556) - - 964 (1557) - - 964 (1557) - - |
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