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Dinar - Zaydan al-Nasir Marrakesh, type 2
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1605-1611 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Marrakesh |
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Zaydan al-Nasir ruled during one of the most fractured periods in Saadian history, contending simultaneously with a rival brother in Fez, a collapsing central authority, and Spanish pressure along the Atlantic coast. The Saadian gold dinar tradition traced back to Maliki monetary orthodoxy, but by Zaydan's reign the dynasty's control over trans-Saharan gold routes — long the economic foundation of their minting capacity — had become genuinely precarious.
The "type 2" designation distinguishes this issue from the earlier striking of his reign, a detail that rewards close attention to die alignment and marginal inscription placement.