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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26192660, member: 87809&quot;]It is really out of my usual field of interest, but I bought this coin from CNG, a coin&nbsp; called &quot;Pitis&quot;, because I think the script is interesting (I haven&#039;t received it yet, it&#039;s on the way).</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;ve been researching it and I think it is Jawi script, a&nbsp; script used in the Malay region to write Arabic language. Obviously I can&#039;t read the script, this is just my guess.&nbsp; Can any CT&#039;er say if it is Jawi?</p><p><br /></p><p>I also am trying to find out who the sultan of Boné was at that time. </p><p>The description of the coin says: &quot;MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Islamic Sultanates. Boné. Salah al-Din (Salahuddin ). fl. AH 1132 / AD 1720.&quot;, but I don&#039;t know why it is Salah-al-Din who definitely was not alive in 1720. In 1720 the sultan of Boné was La Pareppa To&#039;Soppéwali, Paduka Sri Sultan Shahabuddin Ismail Matinroé ri Somba Opu. at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_State" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_State" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_State</a> so my guess is that the script on this coin is praising Salah-al-Din. </p><p><br /></p><p>PB Pitis (tin-lead alloy)</p><p>18 mm, 2.31 g, 12h</p><p>Kesultanan Boné. Dated AH 1132 (AD 1720).</p><p>Ref.: Zeno 341232</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe this is what the legends are:</p><p>Ob.: <i>al-sultan / salah al-din / 1132</i></p><p><i>Rev.: &#039;ukhallid / mulkahu wa- / sultanahu</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1672361[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>all this is very confusing, I probably shouldn&#039;t have bought this coin.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please, please can someone of you help me out? Is this Jawi script and why does the description say Salah-al-Din?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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