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1/2 Dhofari Rial - Said
| Issuer | Dhofar Governorate |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#29a, A#17a |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a multi-line Arabic inscription naming the ruler, enclosed within a plain inner circle. The circle is in turn surrounded by a finely detailed wreath of laurel or olive branches in high relief, their stems tied at the base. The whole is framed by a reeded outer border. The composition is formal and symmetrical, consistent with the presentation coinage style of the period. |
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Dhofar operated as a semi-autonomous sultanate under Said bin Taimur, who consolidated personal control over the region's finances with near-total exclusivity. This gold issue was produced for Dhofar specifically — not for the broader Muscat and Oman sultanate — reflecting the deliberate administrative separation Said maintained between his coastal inheritance and the interior province he governed with exceptional austerity. Foreign currency dominated actual commerce; these gold pieces functioned closer to prestige instruments than circulating money.
The KM#29a designation separates this from related silver-composition strikings of the same type, with the .917 fineness consistent with British sovereign-adjacent gold standards then common across Gulf-adjacent territories.