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Dirham - Sidi Mohammed III 1st Standard, Marrakesh, 'ahad' type
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1771 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a notched (serrated) inner circle, a two-line Arabic religious inscription reading 'Ahad Ahad' (meaning 'The One, The One', a proclamation of divine unity). The legend is rendered in a bold, archaic Maghrebi script typical of Alaouite hammered coinage. The flan is irregular in shape, as is characteristic of hand-struck Moroccan dirhams of this period, with a granular field visible around the inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | أَحَد أَحَد |
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Sidi Mohammed III inherited a fragmented monetary system and moved aggressively to standardize it. The dirham reform he initiated in the 1770s was part of a broader effort to reassert Alaoui authority over commerce — particularly Atlantic trade, which he was simultaneously restructuring through the founding of Essaouira as a controlled trading port. The 'ahad type designation marks this as the first standard within that reform sequence, distinguishing it from the revised specifications that followed within his own reign.