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1/2 Riyal - Abd al-Azīz Hejaz and Nejd and Dependencies
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd |
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| Year | 1928-1930 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a central circular field enclosed by a beaded inner border, within which the royal name and titles of Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman Al Saud are inscribed in elegant Arabic calligraphy arranged in multiple lines. An outer legend running around the periphery, between the beaded border and the toothed rim, reads the full royal title proclaiming him King of Hejaz, Nejd and Dependencies. The entire design is purely epigraphic, with no figurative imagery, in keeping with Islamic artistic tradition. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a central circular field enclosed by a beaded inner border, containing Arabic inscriptions in several lines denoting the denomination as Half Saudi-Arabian Riyal and recording the mint city of Mecca, with the Hijri date 1346 inscribed at the base of the central legend. An outer legend between the beaded border and the toothed rim further elaborates the denomination and origin. The design is entirely calligraphic, with no emblems or figurative elements, consistent with the austere epigraphic style of early Saudi coinage. |
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Issued during the consolidation period after Ibn Saud's capture of Mecca in 1924 and the formal unification of Hejaz and Nejd in 1926, these coins predate the proclamation of Saudi Arabia by two years. The kingdom had not yet settled on a permanent monetary identity, and the Hejaz and Nejd coinage filled that gap — briefly and transitionally. By 1932, the state itself would be renamed, and this series would be obsolete almost immediately upon completion of its short run.