CNG 96, Lot: 1076. Estimate $150. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Qí. City of Yi. Circa 300-220 BC. Æ Hua (23mm, 2.87 g). Yi Hua in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I – (but cf. 343-5 for larger denominations); Yü-Ch'üan pl. LI, 6; Shanghai I 1344; Hartill 6.23. Good VF, thick red and green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.