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Falus - Moulay 'Abd al-Rahman 3rd Standard, Rabat
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1854-1859 |
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| Weight | 3.53 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a stylized Seal of Solomon (six-pointed star) rendered in low relief, with lines radiating from a raised central pellet. The design is crudely executed in the hammered and cast tradition typical of Moroccan falus coinage of the mid-19th century, with an irregular flan and no surrounding legend or border. |
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| Reverse description | Arabic date numerals occupying the lower portion of the field, with the mint letter for Rabat (Ra') positioned above and without a separating line between the mint letter and the date. The inscription is boldly struck but crudely formed, consistent with the hand-cut dies characteristic of Moroccan cast bronze coinage of the reign of Sultan Moulay Abd al-Rahman. The flan is irregular and the field is flat with no border. |
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Moulay 'Abd al-Rahman ruled Morocco through a period of compounding external pressure — the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Isly in 1844 against French forces had already forced territorial concessions and exposed the limits of Makhzen military power. The falus denominations issued during his final years circulated in an economy increasingly disrupted by European commercial penetration and the unequal treaties that followed. Rabat's mint was among the smaller and less consistent producers, which accounts for the die variations catalogued under C#122b.