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Set of five gold coins Morocco, Almohad, Marinid and Saadian…
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Set of five gold coins Morocco, Almohad, Marinid and Saadian…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Set of five gold coins
Morocco, Almohad, Marinid and Saadian dynasties, 12th-17th century
Comprising :
An Almohad half-dinar minted between the 12th and 13th centuries;
A quarter Merinid dinar 1.1 g.;
A Saadian dinar in the name of Sultan Abû 'Abd Allâh al-Ghâlib (r. 1557-1574), 3.8 g, struck in Marrakesh;
A Saadian dinar in the name of Sultan Abû al-'Abbâs (?) minted between 1549 and 1659 attributed to Abû al 'Abbas el Mansour 1578-1603;
A Saadian dinar in the name of Sultan Abû 'Abd Allâh Muhammad III (?)
Provenance :
French private collection of Mr V. F.
We would like to thank Mr Anthony Camos, expert, for his contribution.
This collection illustrates the development of gold coinage in Morocco between the Almohad period and the Saadian dynasty. Almohad and Marinid issues perpetuate the tradition of epigraphic dinars of the medieval Maghreb, while Saadian coins bear witness to Morocco's political and economic revival in the 16th and 17th centuries, against a backdrop of intensifying Mediterranean and trans-Saharan trade.
A set of five Moroccan gold coins, Morocco, Almohad, Marinid and Saadian dynasties, 12th-17th century.
See original version (French)
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