1 Dirham - an-Násir li-Dín Alláh Saláhaddín Muhammad San'a

The Rassid dynasty — Zaydi Shia imams ruling highland Yemen from Sanaa — occupied a precarious position in the late fourteenth century, wedged between Ottoman pressure from the north and persistent tribal fragmentation across the plateaus. An-Násir li-Dín Alláh's coinage from this period reflects a dynasty asserting doctrinal legitimacy through mint output when military authority was perpetually contested. The Sanaa mint was the dynasty's primary instrument of monetary expression, and dirhams of this weight class circulated mainly in local highland markets rather than in long-distance Red Sea trade.