Tarim, a city in the Hadhramaut region of what was then the Aden Protectorate, maintained its own local token coinage well into the 1960s despite British oversight of the broader territory. This piece was struck just a year before South Arabia's federation arrangements began collapsing under nationalist pressure — the National Liberation Front would seize power in 1967, ending all such local dynastic issues permanently.
Tarim, a city in the Hadhramaut region of what was then the Aden Protectorate, maintained its own local token coinage well into the 1960s despite British oversight of the broader territory. This piece was struck just a year before South Arabia's federation arrangements began collapsing under nationalist pressure — the National Liberation Front would seize power in 1967, ending all such local dynastic issues permanently.