ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Marinids. Abu Faris 'Abd al-'Aziz II, AH 796-799 / AD 1393-1397. Dinar (Gold, 29 mm, 4.47 g), Hafsid type, Fas (Fès). Within a central square, ‘al-ḥamd lillāh / wa al-minnat lillāh / wa lā quwwat illā billāh’ (‘Praise be to Allah, and gratefulness be to Allah, and there is no strength except with Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm / ṣalla Allāh ʿalā sayyidinā / Muḥammad wa ʿalā ālihī wa / ṣaḥbihī wa sallama taslīmā’ (‘In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. May Allah bless our master Muhammad and his family and his companions, and grant [them] peace in abundance’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the ruler with his title al-Mustansir billah, ‘ʿabd Allāh / al-Mustanṣir billāh / ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz’ (‘The Servant of Allah, al-Mustansir billah ʿAbd al-ʿAziz’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘ḍuriba bi madinat / Fās ḥarasahā / Allāh taʿālā / bi mannihī ʿan amr’ (‘Struck in the city of Fas. May Allah, the Exalted, protect it with His grace on command’ in Arabic). Album 540.2. Rare. Minor areas of weakness and the flan a bit wavy, otherwise, good very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.