339, Lot: 491. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Xīn dynasty. Wáng Măng. AD 7/9-23. Æ Zhu (15mm, 1.21 g). Second currency reform, AD 9-10. Xiao Qian Zhi Yi in archaizing zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises II 433-4; Hartill 9.14. Good VF, reddish-brown patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.