COINS FROM MALACCA. 185 
before the arrival of the Portuguese. Their average size is 
2imm = 12 in., and their weizht 2.5 grammes. It is note- 
worthy that the collection does not contain any of the well- 
known perforated tin coins which are still current in Trene- 
ganu and Kelantan. 
The coins which have been partly or wholly deciphered 
are :— 
(1) acoin with the date 1173 in Arabic characters, | | Y¢ 
which would correspond to the year 1757 A. D. 
(2) two coins with the date 1174 |jY% i.e.1758 A. D. 
(3) two coins with the inscription on the obverse 
ole. i.e. Sultanu 
Joli i.e, ’I-adil (=the just) 
on the reverse 
oy a>\ i. e. Ahmad Bin 
S5c i.e. Mahmid 
In one of these two coins, this inscription is delicate, but 
exceedingly sharp and clearly defined. 
(4) a coin with the inscription on the one side 
ole res Konan 
> 5 i.e. Mahmud 
The letters on the other side are too much worn to be deci- 
_ phered. 
~ Jam indebted to Captain R. P. Jackson, 8. C., 15th Madras 
Infantry, for having kindly identified these six coins for me. 
(5). There is an exceedingly well preserved coin, with one 
side quite smooth, but bearing on the other side the inscription 
SAL, i. e. maliku 
Jjols) ie. adil 
R, A .Sce., No. 39, 1908. 
