Triton XIX, Lot: 2745. Estimate $2000.
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YEMEN, North. Mutawakkilite Kingdom. Sayf al-Islam Ahmad. AH 1367-1382 / AD 1948-1962. AV (39mm, 35.67 g, 12h). Presentation issue. Sana’a mint. Dated AH
1381 (AD 1961). Three tangent double linear circles:
Allah nasrahu 1322 (
Allah his help 1367) in Arabic in the smaller;
ahmad hamid al-din (
Ahmad Hamid al-Din) in Arabic in larger;
amir al-muminin al-mutawakkel ’ala Allah rabb al-’alamin (
commander of the faithful, the mutawakkil from Allah, Lord of the worlds) in Arabic in the largest; below, crossed swords /
Shahada in two lines within divided linear circular border; in outer margin,
al-mamlikat al-mutawakeliyat al-yamaniyat (
the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen) in Arabic above and
zarb bi-dar al-khalifat sana’a al-yaman sanat 1374 (
struck in the abode of the Caliphate Sana’a, Yemen, year 1344) in Arabic, each in linear rounded rectangular border; in voids,
ahmadi and
ri’al (value). Edge: lightly reeded. KM G17.2; Friedberg 8. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, December 1979.
