339, Lot: 509. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Táng dynasty. Sùzōng. AD 756-762. Æ 50 Wén (35.5mm, 16.56 g). Type I. Cast AD 759-762. Qian Yuan Zhong Bao in lìshū Hànzì (clerical script) characters / Double circle. Thierry, Kai Yuan 92; BN Chinoises II 1242; Hartill 14.105. VF, brown-green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.