ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Saʿdian Sharifs. Abuʾl-ʿAbbas Ahmad, AH 986-1012 / AD 1578-1603. Dinar (Gold, 26 mm, 4.49 g), second standard, Hadrat Murrakush (Marrakesh), AH 995 = 1586/7. Citing his title al-Mansur billah within a circle, ‘bism Allāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm / ʿabd Allāh al-imām / Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad / al-Manṣūr billāh’ (‘In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Servant of Allah, Imam Abu al-ʿAbbas Ahmad al-Mansur billah’ in Arabic); in the margin, traces of ‘innamā yurīd Allāh liyudhhiba ʿankum al-rijs ahl al-bayt’ (‘Allah only wishes to remove uncleanness from you, O people of the House’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 33: 33). Rev. Introducing the ruler’s geneology within a circle, ‘ibn al-imām ʿabd Allāh / Muḥammad al-shaykh al-Mahdī / ibn al-imām al-Qāʾim / bi amr Allāh’ (‘Son of Imam, the Servant of Allah, Muhammad al-shaykh al-Mahdi, son of Imam al-Qaʾim bi amr Allāh’ in Arabic); mint and date formula in the margin. Album 565.1. Rare. The obverse struck slightly off center and with areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.