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Dinar - Abu l-Hasan 'Ali
| Issuer | Marinid dynasty |
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| Year | 1331-1351 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Abu l-Hasan 'Ali ruled the Marinid sultanate at its territorial peak, briefly uniting the Maghreb under a single dynasty for the first time since the Almohads — a feat accomplished through the conquest of Ifriqiya in 1347. That expansion collapsed almost immediately: a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Kairouan in 1348, compounded by the arrival of the Black Death across North Africa, unraveled the empire within months. Abu l-Hasan died in 1351 having lost control to his own son Abu Inan.
Marinid gold coinage of this reign was struck to the Almohad weight standard, a deliberate continuity that projected legitimacy across newly absorbed territories.