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MERINÍES-HAFSÍES, Anonymous. Dinar. (Au. 4.65g/31mm). S/D. Anv: لا إله الا اللّه (Not God but Allah)/ محمد رسول اللّٰه (Muhammad sent by Allah)/ الأمر كله لله (all the power of Allah). In four segments: وعلى اله وصحبه (to his family and companions)/ وسلم تسليما (and grant them complete peace). Rev: الملك لله (power belongs to Allah) / الحمد لله (praise be to Allah)/ الشكر لله (thanks to Allah). Segments: تبارك الذي (Blessed be he)/ بيده الملك (in whose hand is the power)/ وهو على كل (and He has all power)/ شيء قدير (over all things). Uncirculated-. Unpublished.

This exceptional dinar, despite having a striking design in ornamental Kufic script in the Hafsid style, contains in the four reverse segments the Quran quote: 67.1. Used in some issues of the founder of the Marinid dynasty (Banū Marīn), Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq (642-656H).