1 Pitis - Zarb fi Bilad Palembang

Obverse

Arabic inscription surrounding circular hole, read clockwise.

Script: Arabic

Lettering: ضرب في بلد ڤلمبڠ دار السلام

Unabridged legend: Ḍuriba fi bilad Palembang darussalam

Translation: Minted at Palembang City, abode of peace

Reverse

Plain

Edge

Plain

Comments

Mitchiner & Yih (2013:33-36) date these coins to a period between AD 1710–1778. This corresponds to the reign of Muhammad Mansyur Jayo Ing Lago (1706–1718) to Muhammad Bahauddin (1776–1803) in the Palembang Sultanate. This type is among the most common Palembang coin to be found but also one with the most inconsistent quality, particularly in the legibility of their inscription. Counterfeit coins and some poorly made official coins may be difficult to distinguish from each other as both were in common circulation.

Numerous listings such as Mitchiner & Yih (2013) and Robinson (2015) Romanized ضرب as "zarb", though various Arabic Romanization standards tend to approximate ض as "d".

Robinson (2015) provided the following variants:


See:

• Millies, Henricus Christiaan (1871). Recherches sur les monnaies des indigènes de l'archipel Indien et de la pèninsule Malaie.
  
• Mitchiner, Michael and Tjong Ding Yih (2013). "Coin Circulation in Palembang (Sumatra), circa AD 1710 to 1825. Sultanate coins minted at Palembang."
  
• Robinson, Frank S. (2015). Palembang Coins.
  

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