Description
Country or authority: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Year or date range: AH 1367 (1948)
Denomination: 1 Riyal
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud; inscriptions without portrait
Mint or mintmark: Mecca (مكة المكرمة), as inscribed; actual production mint unresolved
Catalogue references: KM# 18
Obverse description: Royal-name side, shown in the second photograph. Central Arabic inscription عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن السعود within a beaded circle; surrounding legend ملك المملكة العربية السعودية, meaning King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Crossed swords in a cartouche below, flanked by palm trees.
Reverse description: Denomination side, shown in the first photograph. Outer legend ريال عربي سعودي واحد, meaning one Saudi Arabian riyal. Central inscription ضرب في مكة المكرمة, meaning struck in the holy city of Mecca, with date ١٣٦٧ (1367) below. Numeral ١ in a lower cartouche between palm trees; beaded borders.
