Coin ID please

[Digger54]

Worn thin but appears to be silver. Measures 18mm.

No clue what I have here, any help appreciated.

 

[Red-Coat]

It's a 1/10 riyal from North Yemen, struck in silver.

The obverse has a 'frozen' date of 1322 in the Islamic calendar (=1904 in our Western calendar), but that's not the actual date. It's the year Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din first took power as Imam, and the coin was struck sometime between 1919 and 1947.

The actual year of striking will be on the reverse (in Arabic and for the Islamic calendar). You're showing the reverse upside down. Rotate it 180 degrees and the date is above the three dots, but it's too worn for me to reliably say what it is. Looks like it might be 1349, which would be 1930 or 1931 on our calendar (theirs doesn't start in January).

https://en.numista.com/39981

 

[Digger54]

It's a 1/10 riyal from North Yemen, struck in silver.

The obverse has a 'frozen' date of 1322 in the Islamic calendar (=1904 in our Western calendar), but that's not the actual date. It's the year Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din first took power as Imam, and the coin was struck sometime between 1919 and 1947.

The actual year of striking will be on the reverse (in Arabic and for the Islamic calendar). You're showing the reverse upside down. Rotate it 180 degrees and the date is above the three dots, but it's too worn for me to reliably say what it is. Looks like it might be 1349, which would be 1930 or 1931 on our calendar (theirs doesn't start in January).

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https://en.numista.com/39981

Thanks! That helps me remember where I picked it up. In Jan 1976 I was sent temporary duty (90 days) in Sana Yemen while work was being done to the US embassy. Probably picked it up while shopping in the market.