Medal - King Abdulaziz Al Saud, Founder of KSA 1st type; 4th size

Medal - King Abdulaziz Al Saud, Founder of KSA (1st type; 4th size) - obverseMedal - King Abdulaziz Al Saud, Founder of KSA (1st type; 4th size) - reverse

© Zameer Abubakar

Features

Location Saudi Arabia
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Year 1373 (1953)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Composition Gold plated silver (.925)
Weight 19.20 g
Diameter 38.4 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
101494

Commemorative issue

King Abdulaziz Al Saud, Founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (AH 1293-1373)

Obverse

Bust of King Abdulaziz Al Saud facing left, dividing Islamic dates in Arabic of his birth and death. His title at the top and name at the bottom in Arabic.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
مُؤَسِّسُ المملَكَة العَربيَّة السُعُودية
١٢٩٣ ١٣٧٣
الملك عَبد العَزيز آل سُعُود

Translation:
Founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1373-1293
King Abdulaziz Al Saud

Reverse

The Basmala and a Quranic verse in Arabic.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
︿
بسمـِ اللهِ الرَّحمن الرَحيمـ
وَاعتصموا بحبل الله جميعاً ولا تفرقوا

Translation:
In the name of Allah (God), the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
"And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided"

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Medal with mint (★ 121 MI) and fineness (925) stamps on Reverse:
 
© Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Available in 4 different sizes/weights (+1 in silver). Comparison between the 4 medals:


© Zameer Abubakar

Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al Saud (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود‎‎, 15 January 1875 – 9 November 1953), usually known within the Arab world as Abdulaziz and in the West as Ibn Saud, was the first monarch and founder of Saudi Arabia, the "third Saudi state".
He reconquered his family's ancestral home city of Riyadh in 1902, starting three decades of conquests that made him the ruler of nearly all of central Arabia. He consolidated his control over the Najd in 1922, then conquered the Hejaz in 1925. He extended his dominions into, what later became, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932. As King, he presided over the discovery of petroleum in Saudi Arabia in 1938 and the beginning of large-scale oil production after World War II. He fathered many children, including 45 sons, and all of the subsequent kings of Saudi Arabia.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1373 (1953)  ١٣٧٣
1373 (1953) ★ 121 MI ١٣٧٣ (with mint and fineness stamps)

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