Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/8 Riyal - al-Nasir Ahmad bin Yahya
| Issuer | North Yemen |
|---|---|
| Year | 1948-1961 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Rial (1918-1974) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Within the pentagonal field, a crescent occupies the upper portion of the design, its horns pointing upward, enclosing Arabic inscriptions identifying the ruler Ahmad bin Yahya and his titles. The accession date appears within or immediately below the crescent in Arabic numerals. Additional Arabic legends fill the lower field, rendered in the characteristic bold script of Yemeni Zaydi coinage. The entire design is contained within the flat pentagonal flan with no border decoration. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a central circular cartouche containing the Shahada inscription and the AH date in Arabic numerals, surrounded by six-pointed star ornaments evenly distributed around the inner circle. The marginal legend, rendered in bold Arabic script, reads around all five sides of the pentagonal flan and records the mint name Sanaa, the denomination (eighth), and the Islamic profession of faith. The overall design is typical of Yemeni Imamate coinage, with a confident, hand-engraved quality to the lettering. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1367 (1948) - ١٣٦٧ - 1368 (1949) - ١٣٦٨ - 1370 (1951) - ١٣٧٠ - 1371 (1952) - ١٣٧١ - 1372 (1953) - ١٣٧٢ - 1373 (1954) - ١٣٧٣ - 1374 (1955) - ١٣٧٤ - 1375 (1956) 1 - ١٣٧٥/١ - 1379 (1960) - ١٣٧٩ - 1379 (1960) 5 - ١٣٧٩/٥ - 1379 (1960) x - ١٣٧٩/x - 1380 (1961) - ١٣٨٠ - |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |