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Dirham - Moulay Sulayman 2nd Standard, Miknas
| Issuer | Sultanate of Morocco |
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| Year | 1794-1797 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Irregular, hand-struck flan bearing three lines of Maghrebi Arabic script in the central field identifying the issuing authority, the sultan's name, and the mint: 'Al-Sultan / Sulayman / Miknas' followed by the AH date. The bold, somewhat compressed lettering is characteristic of the Meknes mint's output under Sultan Moulay Sulayman. The strike is typical of Moroccan hammered silver dirhams of this era, with uneven flan edges and variable depth of impression across the design. The field is unadorned save for the inscriptional text. |
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| Mint | Meknes |
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Moulay Sulayman came to power in 1792 following the chaotic fragmentation that ended his brother Moulay Yazid's brutal two-year reign, and his early coinage reflects an administration still struggling to reassert central control over the mints. The Meknes (Miknas) facility had operated erratically through the civil strife, and dirhams from this first standard — struck before Sulayman's monetary reforms later consolidated types — show measurable variation in flan preparation and weight, even against the already loose 19–21 mm spread the type tolerates.