CNG 96, Lot: 1083. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Zhào. City of Wu An. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Jin – Pointed Foot Spade (55x30mm, 5.81 g). Wu An in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Qi (seven) in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters. BN Chinoises I –; Yü-Ch'üan pl. XXI, 6; Shanghai I 506 var. (orientation of reverse character); Hartill 3.111.7. Good VF, green patina. Clear, attractively engraved legends.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.