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Dirham - Isa b. Idriss II
| Issuer | Idrisid Dynasty |
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| Year | 840-848 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Wazzequr (Wazer) |
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Isa ibn Idris II ruled a fragmented Idrisid state — by his time, the dynasty founded by Idris I had splintered authority among numerous half-brothers, each controlling separate towns and minting independently. This decentralization makes attribution of individual issues genuinely difficult, and examples from Isa's brief tenure are scarce relative to the better-documented issues of his father Idris II.
The Idrisid dirhams of this period frequently fall below the Abbasid weight standard, reflecting both local silver supply constraints in the Maghreb and the dynasty's tenuous connection to eastern Islamic monetary norms.