1/2 dirham, temp. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali

Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali was the most powerful of all Marinid sultans, briefly uniting the Maghreb under a single ruler for the first time since the Almohads — a feat that collapsed catastrophically at the Battle of Kairouan in 1348, where his army was destroyed by the Hafsids. The fractional dirham coinage of his reign reflects the dynasty's aggressive monetary expansion during its peak years, when Marinid commercial networks stretched from Mali gold routes to the markets of Andalusia.