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Falus - Zaydan al-Nasir - Marrakech
| Issuer | Saadian Dynasty |
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| Year | 1615 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered bronze flan with a multi-line Arabic inscription arranged in the field, recording the AH date in words. The central legend reads the Hijri year 1024 (corresponding to 1615 CE) written out in full in classical Arabic. The script is angular and loosely struck, with the flan showing the typical uneven thickness and ragged edge of hand-produced Saadian copper coinage. Patination and surface encrustation partially obscure portions of the legend. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Zaydan al-Nasir ruled a Saadian sultanate in slow collapse — his reign consumed by civil war against his brothers and the catastrophic 1603–1608 succession conflict that fractured Morocco into competing courts at Marrakech and Fez simultaneously. Falus coinage of this period was essentially emergency municipal currency, filling the vacuum left by the near-complete breakdown of long-distance trade and central treasury function. Brethes catalogued these pieces with notable difficulty due to the proliferation of unofficial and semi-official striking centers operating under Zaydan's nominal authority.