287, Lot: 548. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Warring States Period. State of Yān. Circa 300-220 BC. Lot of two (2) Æ Hua. a) (20mm, 1.13 g). Yi Hua in early Hànzì / Blank. Hartill 6.17 // b) (27mm, 2.28 g). Ming Hua in early Hànzì / Blank. Hartill 6.21. VF and Good Fine, green patina, minor deposits. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.

These coins, which likely circulated alongside the first Ban Liang, are among the earliest circular Chinese coins and some of the first to adopt the distinctive square center hole.