Catalog
Dirham - Abd Allah al-Ghalib
| Issuer | Saadi dynasty, Fez Branch of |
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| Year | 1557-1574 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing multiple lines of Arabic script in the Maghribi style arranged across the field, characteristic of Saadian epigraphic coinage. The legends are struck in relief against a granular ground, with the text occupying the entirety of the coin's surface. The irregular flan edges and slightly uneven strike are consistent with hand-hammered production. No figural imagery is present, in accordance with Islamic numismatic tradition. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays multiple horizontal lines of Arabic inscription in Maghribi script filling the entire field, typical of Saadian dirham coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. The legends, rendered in bold relief, reference religious formulae and dynastic titles associated with Sultan Abd Allah al-Ghalib. A faint linear border follows the periphery of the irregular flan. The overall strike is characteristic of hand-hammered workshop production of the Fez mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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