CNG 96, Lot: 1077. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. 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 Six Hua (36mm, 7.95 g). Yi Liu Hua in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I 343; Yü-Ch'üan pl. LI, 9; Shanghai I 1355-9; Hartill 6.25. VF, rough green-blue patina with blue mineral encrustation on reverse.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.