YEMEN, North. Mutawakkilite Kingdom. al-Mutawakkil Yahya. As Imam and king, AH 1344-1367 / AD 1926-1948. AV Double Imadi Riyal – 10 Lira (47mm, 34.25 g, 12h). Presentation issue. Sana'a mint. Dated AH 1358 (AD 1939). NGC MS 67.

CNG Feature Auction 133
Lot: 781. Estimated: $ 7 500

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YEMEN, North. Mutawakkilite Kingdom. al-Mutawakkil Yahya. As Imam and king, AH 1344-1367 / AD 1926-1948. AV Double Imadi Riyal – 10 Lira (47mm, 34.25 g, 12h). Presentation issue. Sana'a mint. Dated AH 1358 (AD 1939). amir al-muminin al-mutawakkel ’ala Allah rabb al-’alamin (commander of the faithful, the mutawakkil from Allah, Lord of the worlds) in Arabic, pair of tangent double linear circles: Allah nasrahu 1322 (Allah his help 1322) in Arabic in the smaller; yahya bin muhammad hamid al-din (Yahya son of Muhammad Hamid al-Din) in Arabic in the larger; large ornate flower in outer legend in exergue / zarb fi dar al-khalifat al-mutawakkiliya bi-sana’a ’asimat al-yaman sanat 1358 (struck in the abode of the Mutawakkilite Caliphate in Sana’a, capital of Yemen, year 1358) in Arabic, two pair of Mutawakkilite Kingdom flags crossed; all within double linear circular border. KM (Y) N10; Friedberg 7a. In NGC encapsulation 8440890-001, graded MS 67. Top Pop.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Part III, Triton XIX, 6 January 2016), lot 2744; Schweizerischer Bankverein 41 (12 September 1996), lot 2384.


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