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Dinar - Isma'il Fes Hazrat
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1678-1724 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar (10) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription in bold relief, naming the ruling Sultan Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif and citing the mint name Hazrat Fes, arranged within a beaded inner circle. An outer marginal legend in Arabic script encircles the central device, running along the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan. The overall style is consistent with the hammered Alaouite dinar series, with the lettering displaying the characteristic robust forms of Moroccan calligraphy of the period. |
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Isma'il ibn Sharif ruled Morocco for 55 years — one of the longest reigns in Alaoui dynasty history — and spent much of it in open conflict with Ottoman-aligned powers to the east while simultaneously expelling the English from Tangier and the Spanish from Larache. The Fes Hazrat mint designation marks this as struck at the royal mint in Fez, his administrative capital, during a period when he was consolidating Alaoui legitimacy through both military force and conspicuous religious patronage.
The 46-year span of this type reflects how little the coinage changed across his reign — a deliberate conservatism that itself carried political weight in a dynasty still asserting its Sharifian credentials.