View source for Yemen-Rassid No Date (913-937) 1/2 dirham

[[Image:YEM-RASSID_913-937-ND_halfdirham_Al-Nasir_SA-lot265-18May2013-NS.jpg|550px|thumb|Courtesy of Stephen Album]]
The Rassids were a group belonging to the Zaidiyyah branch of Shia Islam. They exerted control over portions of [[Yemen]], at times becoming the dominant political force.

The specimen shown was lot 265 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description reads<sup>[1]</sup>: <blockquote>"RASSID: al-Nasir, 913-937, AR ½ dirham (1.42g), Sa'da, ND, A-1068var, exactly the same inscriptions as on the common sudaysi of this ruler, both in fields & margins, with annulets in outer margins on both sides, slightly double-struck on reverse, probably ex-mount, About VF, RRR. Unreported, and probably unique."</blockquote> 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 1.42g, silver.

''Catalog reference:'' A-1068var.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Album, Stephen. ''Checklist of Islamic Coins.''  Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen. ''Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 16''. Santa Rosa, 2013. Stephen Album Rare Coins.
* Mitchiner, Michael. ''Oriental Coins and their Values - The World of Islam''. London, 2000. Hawkins Publications. 

''Link to:''
*  [[Yemen-Najjahid AH 465 (frozen date) 1 dinar|AH 465 (frozen date) 1 dinar]]
*  [[Yemen-Sulayhid AH 475 1 dinar|AH 475 1 dinar]]
*  [[Yemen-Sulayhid AH 487 1/2 dinar|AH 487 1/2 dinar]]
*  [[Yemen AH  647 1 dirham|AH 647 1 dirham]]
*  [[Yemen AH  651 1 dirham|AH 651 1 dirham]]
*  [[Yemen AH  747 1 dirham|AH 747-Adan 1 dirham]]
*  [[Yemen AH  750 1 dirham|AH 750-Zabid 1 dirham]]
*  [[Yemen AH  761 1 dirham|AH 761-Mahjam 1 dirham]]
*  [[Yemen AH  774 1 dirham|AH 774 1 dirham]]
*  [[Yemen AH  785 1 dirham|AH 785-Mahjam 1 dirham]]
* return to coins of [[Yemen]]

[[Category: Selections from Stephen Album sale 16]]