Islamic 1803-25 Tin pitis, Badar-ud-Din II , 1219 AH retrograde, Palembang Sultanate (Rob#10.17)

Rare octagonal tin pitis dated 1619 AH (date retrograde), S.Mahmud Badar-ud-Din II (1803-1814, 1818-1821, 1825), Palembang mint, Palembang Sultanate 

Arabic inscriptions "Masruf fi bilad Palembang 1219" (1804) / Blank. 18mm, 0.92 grams. Robinson #10.17; Krause 123; Millies #195-197.

Date written retrograde (mirror).

There are many varieties of this type listed in Robinson's "Palembang Coins - we make no attempt to distinguish between the many different sub-types here.

The Palembang Sultanate, founded in 1659 in southern Sumatra, controlled trade along the Musi River and became a key center for pepper and tin commerce with Chinese, Arab, and European merchants. Its rulers balanced local authority with Dutch pressure, but after conflict with the VOC, the Dutch abolished the sultanate in 1823. Though short-lived, it preserved Malay-Islamic court culture and linked Sumatra’s maritime past with the colonial era.

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