ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Marinids. Abu Faris 'Abd al-'Aziz II, AH 796-799 / AD 1393-1397. Dinar (Gold, 27 mm, 3.95 g, 7 h), 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 sayyidi/nā Muḥammad wa ālihī / wa sallama taslīmā’ (‘In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. May Allah bless our master Muhammad and his family, 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. Areas of weakness and with some doubling on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.