339, Lot: 476. Estimate $75. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Zhào. The Ci Clan. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Half Jin – Pointed Foot Spade (59.5x30mm, 6.18 g). Ci Shi Ban (Chi clan half [jin]) in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / San (Thirteen) in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters. BN Chinoises I 116 var. (rev. numeral); Hartill 3.145-6. VF, dark green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.