Description
Country or authority: Saudi Arabia
Year or date range: AH 1370 (1950–1951; conventionally catalogued as 1950)
Denomination: 1 Riyal
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud; no portrait
Mint or mintmark: Mecca (مكة) named in the inscription; actual production mint undetermined
Catalogue references: Saudi Arabia KM# 18
Obverse description: Second photograph: central Arabic inscription عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن السعود naming Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, 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: First photograph: surrounding Arabic 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 ١٣٧٠ (1370) below. Beaded inner circle; numeral ١ in a lower cartouche between palm trees.
