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| Emittent | Wattasid dynasty |
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| Jahr | 1504-1526 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic religious inscription in bold, raised script, typical of Wattasid hammered coinage. The lettering is arranged in stacked horizontal registers across the roughly square flan, with the legend occupying the majority of the die area. A plain double line border frames the lower portion of the design. The strike is characteristic of the period, with slightly irregular flan edges and moderate relief. The overall style reflects the Maghrebi Andalusian calligraphic tradition prevalent in fifteenth and sixteenth century Moroccan silver coinage. |
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| Reversschrift | Arabic |
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The Wattasids came to power not through conquest but through a long regency — the dynasty had effectively governed Morocco on behalf of the declining Marinids for decades before Muhammad II al-Burtuqali formally assumed the sultanate in 1472. His epithet "al-Burtuqali" — the Portuguese — reflects the relentless pressure his reign faced from Portuguese coastal incursions, a dynasty defined as much by what it could not hold as by what it ruled.
Cut or cast to fractional weight from larger flans, quarter dirhams of this period were a practical response to the near-collapse of organized mint production under Wattasid administration.