CNG 96, Lot: 1082. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Wèi. City of Yuan. Circa 350-220 BC. Æ Jin (42mm, 9.05 g). Yuan in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I 181-2; Yü-Ch'üan pl. LV, 2; Shanghai I 1298-1300; Hartill 6.3. Good VF, dark green patina with light green encrustation.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.