Muhammad VII ruled Granada through a period of intense internal dynastic violence — his reign began when he deposed his own brother Yusuf II and ended in circumstances that contemporaries found suspicious enough to attribute to poison. These dinars were struck as Granada entered its final political contraction, the emirate having already ceded substantial territory and tribute obligations to Castile through successive treaties.
Vives 2171 is among the more frequently cited Nasrid gold types, though clean, well-preserved examples are genuinely scarce given the limited surviving corpus of Granadan coinage overall.
Muhammad VII ruled Granada through a period of intense internal dynastic violence — his reign began when he deposed his own brother Yusuf II and ended in circumstances that contemporaries found suspicious enough to attribute to poison. These dinars were struck as Granada entered its final political contraction, the emirate having already ceded substantial territory and tribute obligations to Castile through successive treaties.
Vives 2171 is among the more frequently cited Nasrid gold types, though clean, well-preserved examples are genuinely scarce given the limited surviving corpus of Granadan coinage overall.