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1 Dirham - Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Haqq II
| Issuer | Marinid dynasty |
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| Year | 1420-1465 |
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| Weight | 0.83 g |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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| Mintage | ND (1420-1465) |
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Abd al-Haqq II was the last Marinid sultan, ruling a dynasty in terminal collapse as the Wattasid regents effectively held power for most of his reign. In 1465, a popular uprising in Fez — reportedly triggered by his execution of the Wattasid viziers — ended with him dragged through the streets and killed, extinguishing the Marinid line entirely after over two centuries of rule in Morocco.
The extreme lightness of this issue reflects decades of progressive debasement; Marinid silver had been shrinking in both weight and fineness since the mid-fourteenth century as the dynasty lost control of trans-Saharan trade revenues to rival powers.