Numismatica Genevensis SA
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LE MONDE ARABE
ARABIA - KINGDOM OF HEJAZ
THE BEGINNING OF GOLD COINAGE IN MODERN ARABIA : AL-HUSAYN B. ALI, THE SELF PROCLAIMED KING OF THE ARABS. al-Husayn b. Ali, AH 1334-1342 (1916-1924).
Lot de 2 monnaies en or : Dinar Hashimi à la légende "Malik" et Dinar Hashimi à la légende "Renaissance", tous deux datés AH 1334-8 (1922-23), Makka al-Mukarrima. Inscription circulaire centrale. A gauche, l'année de règne. A droite, la date d'accession / Inscription circulaire centrale. Au-dessous, inscription "Roi des Terres d'Arabie" sur le premier exemplaire et "Renaissance des Terres d'Arabie" sur le second exemplaire. Tranches striées. 7,23g. et 7,23g. Fr. - et - ; KM - et 31.
Un témoin exceptionnel des débuts du royaume. Superbe.
Only four pieces bearing the legend "Malik al-Bilad al 'Arabiya" ("King of the Lands of Arabia") are known today. It is said that this regal legend claiming sovereignty over the Lands of Arabia outraged other Arab leaders, in particular King 'Abd al-'Aziz, then ruler of the Najd. In order to placate his critics, al-Husayn b. 'Ali ordered that the offending legend be amended to "The Renaissance of the Lands of Arabia". The second piece bears the amended legend. A set of extraordinary rarity.
ARABIA - KINGDOM OF HEJAZ
THE BEGINNING OF GOLD COINAGE IN MODERN ARABIA : AL-HUSAYN B. ALI, THE SELF PROCLAIMED KING OF THE ARABS. al-Husayn b. Ali, AH 1334-1342 (1916-1924).
Lot de 2 monnaies en or : Dinar Hashimi à la légende "Malik" et Dinar Hashimi à la légende "Renaissance", tous deux datés AH 1334-8 (1922-23), Makka al-Mukarrima. Inscription circulaire centrale. A gauche, l'année de règne. A droite, la date d'accession / Inscription circulaire centrale. Au-dessous, inscription "Roi des Terres d'Arabie" sur le premier exemplaire et "Renaissance des Terres d'Arabie" sur le second exemplaire. Tranches striées. 7,23g. et 7,23g. Fr. - et - ; KM - et 31.
Un témoin exceptionnel des débuts du royaume. Superbe.
Only four pieces bearing the legend "Malik al-Bilad al 'Arabiya" ("King of the Lands of Arabia") are known today. It is said that this regal legend claiming sovereignty over the Lands of Arabia outraged other Arab leaders, in particular King 'Abd al-'Aziz, then ruler of the Najd. In order to placate his critics, al-Husayn b. 'Ali ordered that the offending legend be amended to "The Renaissance of the Lands of Arabia". The second piece bears the amended legend. A set of extraordinary rarity.