COINS FROM MALACCA. 215 



The other Portuguese coins collected by Mr. Bland are 

 identical with those described in my former paper. I therefore 

 merely give the number of the specimens found with their 

 references : 



Eight coins from the reign of King Emmanuel (1495-1521), 

 loc. cit. p. 194 pi. I, figs. 2 and 2 a. 



Eight coins from the reign of King John 111(1521-1557), loc. 

 cit. pi. II, figs. 8 and 8 a. 



Five coins from the same reign, loc. cit. pi. II, figs. 9 and 9 a. 



Seven coins from the same reign, loc. cit. pi. II, figs. 10 and 10 a N 



Three coins without incription, loc. cit. pi. I, figs. 3 and 3 a. 



One coin, with the letters B. A. and three crossed arrows 

 between them, loc. cit. pl.H, figs 12 an d 12 a. 



In addition to these there are about twenty-five Malay 

 coins, most of them, however, too much worn to be deciphered. 



One of them bears the inscription \j\^\ ^JlL and is almost in- 



dentical with the one described in my former paper (p. 185, pi. 

 I, fig. 5). The Rev. Dr. Luering has kindly pointed out to me 

 that the reading I gave at the time of this inscription, viz. 

 '" maliku 'l-'adil " and the translation 'The just king, ' were 

 based on a wrong vocalisation of the first word which is not to be 

 read ; malik, ' i. e. ' king', but ' milk ' or ' mulk,' that is 'posses- 

 sion, ' ' property, ' and is often used with regard to coinage in 

 the sense of the French ' fonds. ' He further says that the word 

 ' Mil ' which originally means ' just,' ' righteous,' has in this 

 connection the secondary meaning of 'equal weight,' 'full weight,' 

 so that the inscription might be translated ' full weight currency,' 

 or ' legal tender.' • 



I wish to point out that the figures of the accompanying 

 plate are faithful reproductions of the originals, in natural size, 

 and that their indistinctness is not due to the photographer and 

 printer, but to the condition in which the coins were found. 

 Only by examining the coins in different lights was it possible 

 to decipher their inscriptions. 



R. A. Soc, No. U, 1905.. 



