ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Marinids. temp. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali, AH 731-752 / AD 1331-1351. Dinar (Gold, 31 mm, 4.60 g, 12 h), with the Nasrid term ‘lā ghālib illā Allāh’, Sijilmasa (Segilmesa). Within a square, ‘bism Allāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm / ṣalla Allāh ʿalā Muḥammad / lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-ʾamr kulluhū lillāh’ (‘In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. May Allah bless Muhammad. There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The entire affair belongs to Allah’ in Arabic); illegible margin. Rev. Within a square, ‘al-shukr lillāh / wa al-minnat lillāh / wa al-ʿaẓamat lillāh / wa lā ghālib illā Allāh / wa al-ʾamr kulluhū lillāh’ (‘Thanks be to Allah, and gratefulness be to Allah, and grandeur be to Allah, and there is no overcomer save Allah, and the entire affair belongs to Allah’ in Arabic); illegible margin. Album 528.2. Areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.