I checked Numista but got crazy, too many variaties, sizes, mints... If I tell that it weights 7.48 grams and its diameter is 27 mm, which coin would you say it is?
I spent 50 dirhams (5 euros) on it. Well or bad done?
Don't be cruel ;-) At least I took a nice piece of the trip with me.
Thank you very much for taking your time to guess!
This coin seems to be 4 falus from Marocco minted 1863-1873
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This coin seems to be 4 falus from Morocco, minted 1863-1873
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Morocco? They used that design. But I cannot read arabic.
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ReplyDeleteYes, it's Moroccan. I once showed one to someone from an Arabic speaking country and even he wasn't sure about the inscription. The inscriptions on these coins are generally coarse. The date is AH128x (I can't read the last digit). That means it's from the time of Mohammed IV (1859-1873), although the coin is anonymous. In SCWC 23rd/1996 edition it is catalogued as 3 falus C# 166. In newer editions of the catalogue they have reworked the Morocco section significantly, and they now call it 4 falus instead of 3 falus. They may also have changed the catalogue number. The Mohammed IV 3 or 4 falus coin was only minted at Fes and Marrakesh. Yours is minted in Marrakesh. Key here is that the loop is below the line and thus is an M, not above the line, in which case it would have been an F and thus Fes. Both Fes and Marrakesh are common, but in my experience those of Marrakesh are less common than those of Fes.
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