Medal - King Abdulaziz Al Saud, Founder of KSA (2nd type; 5th size) 1373 (1953) front Medal - King Abdulaziz Al Saud, Founder of KSA (2nd type; 5th size) 1373 (1953) back
Medal - King Abdulaziz Al Saud, Founder of KSA (2nd type; 5th size) 1373 (1953) photo
© Zameer Abubakar

Medal - King Abdulaziz Al Saud, Founder of KSA 2nd type; 5th size

1373 (1953) year
Silver (.925) 60.62 g 50 mm
Description
Location
Saudi Arabia › Saudi Arabia (1932-date)
Type
› Tokens
Year
1373 (1953)
Calendar
Islamic (Hijri)
Composition
Silver (.925)
Weight
60.62 g
Diameter
50 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#118246
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

The Basmala

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
925

Translation:
In the name of Allah (God), the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
925

Edge

Reeded

Comment

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© 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.