Yemen

Ancient Empires

Himyarite Kingdom (110 BCE - 525 CE)

Ancient coin from Arabia Felix (Himyarite 1/2 denarius)

• No Date 1 denarius bucranium type
• (c.100-120 AD) ½ denarius
• (c.175-215 AD) ½ denarius

Early Islamic Empires

Abbasids (AH136-320, 754-932 AD)

Al-Rashid

• AH 185 1 dirham

Al-Ma'mun

• (813-833 AD) 1 dirham

Rassid (first period) (AH285-393, 898-1003 AD)

Al-Nasir (AH300-325, 913-937 AD)

• (913-937 AD) ½ dirham

Najjahid (AH412-553, 1021-1158 AD)

Jayyash bin al-Mu'ayyad

• AH 465 (frozen date) 1 dinar

Sulayhid (AH438-531, 1047-1137 AD)

al-Mukarram Ahmad bin 'Ali (1081-1091 AD)

• AH 475 1 dinar

'Arwa bin Ahmad (1091-1137 AD)

• AH 487 ½ dinar

Ayyubids (AH 569-634, 1173-1236 AD)

Nasir abu al-Mudhaffar (AH 598-611, 1202-1214 AD)

• AH 610 1 dirham

Al-'Adil Abu Bakr (AH626-631, 1229-1233 AD)

• AH 631 1 dirham

Rasulids (AH 634-858, 1236-1454 AD)

Mansur Nuraddin Umar bin Samasaddin Ali (AH 634-647, 1236-1249 AD)

• AH 647 1 dirham

al-Mudhaffar Samsaddin Yusuf (AH 647-694, 1249-1295 AD)

• AH 651 1 dirham

al-Mu'ayyad Da'ud (AH696-722, 1297-1322 AD)

• AH 719-Mahjam 1 dirham

Al-Mujahid Sayf al-Islam Ali (AH 721-764, 1321-1363 AD)

• AH 747-Adan 1 dirham
• AH 750-Zabid 1 dirham
• AH 761-Mahjam 1 dirham

Al-Afdal Dirghamaddin al-Abbas (AH 764-778, 1363-1377 AD)

• AH 774 1 dirham

Al-Ashraf Mumahhidaddin Ismail (AH 778-803, 1377-1400 AD)

• AH 785-Mahjam 1 dirham

Rassid (second period) (AH581-792, 1185-1390 AD)

Al-Mutawakkil Ahmad (AH623-656, 1226-1258 AD)

• (1226-1258) 1 dirham

present-day boundary of Yemen

Areas of South Yemen

Lahej

• (1860) half baiza KM-1

Qu'aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla

• AH 1276 1 chomsihs KM-2
• AH 1307 ¼ anna c/m KM-6
• AH 1307 1 rupee c/m KM-29
• AH 1307 1 rupee c/m KM-30
• AH 1307 1 rupee c/m KM-31v
• AH 1307 1 riyal c/m MT Thaler
• AH 1318 5 chomsihs

Kathiri State of Seiyun & Tarim

• AH 1307 ½ crown c/m
• AH 1258 3 chomsihs
• AH 1315-H 6 chomsihs
• AH 1315-H 12 chomsihs
• AH 1315-H 24 chomsihs

• AH 1352 1 dinar X#1
• AH 1352 1 dinar X#1a

Qu'aiti State of Hadhramaut

• AH 1344 8 chomsihs
• AH 1344 15 chomsihs
• AH 1344 30 khumsi
• AH 1344 45 khumsi
• AH 1344 60 khumsi

South Arabia (1967-1970 AD)

• 1964 1 fils
• 1964 5 fils
• Yemen 1964 25 fils
• 1964 50 fils

Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen (1970-1990 AD)

• Yemen 1971 5 fils
• Yemen AH 1393/1973 AD 5 fils
• Yemen 1976 25 fils
• 1982 25 fils
• Yemen 1976 50 fils

North Yemen

• Turkey AH 947 sultani Zabid mint (Yemen)
• Turkey AH 949 sultani Zabid mint (Yemen)
• (AH 1032-1045) akçe, Sana mint

Mutawakkilite Kingdom (AH 1336-1367 / 1919-1948 AD)

Yahya bin Muhammad (AH 1322-1367 / 1904-1948)

copper (1/80, 1/40 riyal)

• AH 1344 1 zalat (Y#1.1)
• AH 1330 1/80 riyal (Y2.2)
• AH 1342 1/80 riyal (Y2.5)
• AH 1345 1/80 riyal (Y2.5)
• AH 1346 1/80 riyal (Y2.5)
• AH 1348 1/80 riyal (Y2.5)
• AH 1351 1/80 riyal (Y2.5)
• AH 1341 1/40 riyal (Y3.1)
• AH 1349 1/40 riyal (Y3.3)

silver (1/20, 1/10, ¼, 1 riyal)

• AH 1343 1/20 riyal (Y4.1)
• AH 1350 1/20 riyal (Y4.1)
• AH 1366 1/20 riyal (Y4.1)
• AH 1340 1/10 riyal (Y5.2)
• AH 1341 1/10 riyal (Y5.3)
• AH 1342 1/10 riyal (Y5.4)
• AH 1343 1/10 riyal (Y5.5)
• AH 1344 1/10 riyal (Y5.5)
• AH 1345 1/10 riyal (Y5.5)
• AH 1347 1/10 riyal (Y5.5)
• AH 1358 1/10 riyal (Y5.5)
• AH 1365 1/10 riyal (Y5.5)

• AH 1342 ¼ riyal
• AH 1343 ¼ riyal
• AH 1344 ¼ riyal
• AH 1358 ¼ riyal
• AH 1359 ¼ riyal
• AH 1364 ¼ riyal

• AH 1344 1 Imadi riyal

gold

• AH 1358 10 lira (2 riyals)

countermarked coinage

• No Date 1 riyal c/m thaler KM-4.1

al-Nasir Ahmad bin Yahya (AH 1367-1382 / 1948-1962 AD)

• AH 1376/86 1/80 riyal (bronze, Y#11.1)
• AH 1378 1/80 riyal (aluminum, Y#11a)
• AH 1378/1278 1/80 riyal (bronze, Y#11.1)
• AH 1380/79 1/80 riyal (bronze, Y#11.1)
• AH 1380 1/80 riyal (bronze, Y#11.1)

• AH 1369 1/40 riyal (bronze, Y#12.1)
• AH 1373 1/40 riyal (bronze, Y#12.1)
• AH 1374 1/40 riyal (bronze, Y#12.2)
• AH 1379 1/40 riyal (bronze, Y#12.2)
• AH 1380 1/40 riyal (bronze, Y#12.2)
• AH 1375 1/40 riyal (aluminum, Y#12a.2)
• (1955 AD) 1/40 riyal (private issue)

1/16 riyal

• AH 1367 1/16 riyal
• AH 1368 1/16 riyal
• AH 1371 1/16 riyal
• AH 1374 1/16 riyal

eighth riyal

• AH 1367 1/8 riyal (Y#14)
• AH 1368 1/8 riyal (Y#14)
• AH 1368 1/8 riyal (Y-14a)
• AH 1370 1/8 riyal (Y#14)
• AH 1371 1/8 riyal (Y#14)
• AH 1372 1/8 riyal (Y#14)
• AH 1373 1/8 riyal (Y#14)
• AH 1374 1/8 riyal (Y#14)
• AH 1379 1/8 riyal (Y#14)

quarter riyal

• AH (13)68 ¼ riyal (Y#15)
• AH (13)74 ¼ riyal (Y#15)
• AH (13)75/3 ¼ riyal (Y#15)
• AH (13)77/5 ¼ riyal (Y#15)
• AH (13)80 ¼ riyal (Y#15)

half riyal

• AH 1367 ½ riyal
• AH 1368 ½ riyal
• AH 1369 ½ riyal
• AH 1372 ½ riyal
• AH 1379 ½ riyal

one riyal

• AH 1375 1 riyal (Y#17)

• Yemen AH 1375 1/4 riyal (gold)
• AH 1375 ½ riyal (gold) Y-G16.2
• AH 1380 ½ riyal (gold) Y-G16.2
• AH 1381 1 riyal (gold)

countermarked coinage

• AH 1371 c/m 1 tallero
• AH 1375 c/m 1 tallero KM-17

• Yemen 1965 Rial Churchill
• Yemen 1969 2 Riyal Silver KM-4

Yemen Arab Republic (1963-1990 AD)

• AH 1382 1/80 riyal (bronze, Y#20)
• AH 1383 1/40 riyal (Y#22)
• AH 1384 1/40 riyal (Y#22)
• AH 1382 1/20 riyal Y-23.2
• AH 1382 1/10 riyal Y-24.2
• AH 1382 2/10 riyal
• AH 1382 ¼ riyal Y-A25.2
• Yemen AH 1382 1/2 Buq Y-26
• AH 1382/1963 1 buqsha
• AH 1382/1963 2 buqsha
• AH 1382/1963 10 buqsha
• AH 1382/1963 1 riyal

decimal coinage

• 1974/AH 1394 fils
• Yemen 1978 fils F.A.O.
• 1974/AH 1394 5 fils, regular issue
• 1974/AH 1394 5 fils, F.A.O.
• 1974/AH 1394 10 fils, regular issue
• 1974/AH 1394 10 fils, F.A.O.
• 1974/AH 1394 25 fils, F.A.O.
• 1979 50 fils
• 1985/AH 1405 50 fils

• 1969 1 riyals (gold)
• 1978/AH 1398 riyal, F.A.O.
• 1985/AH 1405 riyal
• 1969 2 riyals (gold)
• 1975/AH 1395 2½ riyals, oil exploration
• 1975/AH 1395 5 riyals, Mona Lisa
• 1969 10 riyals, gazelles
• Yemen 1975 10 R Olympics KM-16
• 1975/AH 1395 15 riyals, Arab Jerusalem
• Yemen 1969 20 riyals Fr-13 Moon landing
• Yemen 1969 20 riyals Mohammed Mahmud Azzubairi memorial
• 1969 30 riyals (gold)
• 1969 50 riyals, lion
• 1975/AH 1395 15 riyals, Montreal Olympics
• Yemen 1975 100 R Uniface Die Trial

Republic of Yemen (united North and South Yemen, 1990-present)

• AH 1414 / 1993 AD 1 fils
• Yemen AH 1414 / 1993 AD 1 riyal
• Yemen AH 1414 / 1993 AD 5 riyals
• Yemen AH 1416 / 1995 AD 10 riyals
• AH 1424 / 2003 AD 10 riyals

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