1 copper coin Beveled

The Melayu Kingdom, centered on Sumatra's Batang Hari river basin, operated in the shadow of Srivijaya's maritime dominance before emerging more fully after that polity's decline in the eleventh century. Indigenous copper coinage from this sphere is extraordinarily rare in the archaeological record — most exchange operated through Chinese cash coins, gold, and commodity barter. A locally struck copper piece attributable to Melayu survives in very small numbers, and individual examples reaching Western collections typically do so through Indonesian metal detector finds or older Dutch colonial-era accumulations.

The beveled edge on this piece is a distinguishing production characteristic noted in the Zeno reference, suggesting deliberate finishing rather than simple casting trimming.