Yemen AH 1382 1/4 riyal Y-A25.2
The Mutawakkilite Kingdom began forming in 1890 AD, but it was not until 1911 that the local ruler (Yahya bin Muhammad, who came to power in AH 1322/1904 AD) was recognized as both the secular and religious head by the occupying (but weakening) Ottoman forces. In 1919 AD, the Ottomans withdrew from Yemen. The first local coinage to recognize independent Yemeni rule was struck in AH 1342 (1924 AD). Shown is a silver quarter riyal. It was struck the first year coins were issued under the new Yemen Arab Republic, which formed in 1962 AD. It was lot 3030 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012) and did not sell. The catalog description reads: "YEMEN. 1/4 Riyal, AH1382 (1962). RARE. NGC MS-65."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.0-4.6 g, 0.720 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM Y#25.2.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.
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