Watch List notes:

YEMEN, North. Mutawakkilite Kingdom. al-Mutawakkil Yahya. As Imam and king, AH 1344-1367 / AD 1926-1948. AV Double Imadi Riyal – 10 Lira (47mm, 34.26 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. UNC, traces of underlying luster, light die rust.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 41 (12 September 1996), lot 2384.