100 Riyals - Saqr Rome

Ras al-Khaimah, the smallest and most financially ambitious of the Trucial States in the lead-up to UAE federation, issued a remarkable volume of gold coinage in 1970–71 primarily for the collector and investor market rather than any genuine circulation purpose. The emirate's ruler, Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed al-Qasimi, effectively licensed the mint program to outside commercial interests, a common arrangement among the smaller Gulf sheikhdoms scrambling for hard currency before federation absorbed their issuing authority in 1972.

The Rome mint struck this piece — one of several denominations in the series produced across multiple European facilities simultaneously.