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Dinar - Abu Sa'id 'Uthman II
| Issuer | Marinid dynasty |
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| Year | 1310-1331 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله |
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Abu Sa'id 'Uthman II ruled the Marinid sultanate through a period of intense competition with the Nasrid kingdom of Granada and the Hafsids of Ifriqiya, with gold coinage serving as a direct instrument of diplomatic weight. Marinid dinars of this reign drew their bullion from trans-Saharan trade networks — primarily the Malian goldfields — routed through Sijilmasa, the Marinid's critical southern entrepôt.
The Marinids never controlled a mint output as regularized as their Almohad predecessors, and weights across Abu Sa'id's issues show measurable variation that reflects periodic disruptions to that supply chain.