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Dinar - Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad II Baldat al-Kitaoua
| Issuer | Saadian Sultanate |
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| Year | 1596-1604 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1549-1659) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays an elaborate multi-line Arabic religious and titular inscription arranged within a plain square cartouche set against a flat gold field. The central legend reads the Shahada followed by the name and title of the sultan, Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad, Amir al-Mu'minin. A continuous marginal legend running along all four sides of the coin carries the Basmala and Salawat formula. The die was hand-engraved in a bold Maghribi script characteristic of late Saadian coinage, with shallow relief typical of the hammered technique. The flan is irregular, with slight weakness at the margins consistent with hand-struck production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1004 (1596) - - 1006 (1598) - - 1011 (1603) - - 1012 (1604) - - |
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