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AV Kupang - Malik al-Adil
| Issuer | Sultanate of Patani (Islamic states of Malaysia) |
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| Year | 1500-1600 |
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| Reference(s) | Pr#155, Singh#54 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The kupang was the fractional gold unit of the Malay peninsula's coastal trading states, and Patani's issues circulated far beyond its borders — Portuguese and Dutch merchant records from the sixteenth century document Patani gold being accepted across the Strait of Malacca and into the archipelago trade networks. The Sultanate sat at a northern junction point of the maritime spice routes, which drove demand for small-denomination gold suitable for high-frequency exchange.
The Malik al-Adil ("the Just King") title appears on multiple Patani issues but cannot be reliably assigned to a single named sultan within the current historical record.