339, Lot: 511. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Táng dynasty. Dézōng. AD 780-805. Æ Wén (22mm, 2.89 g). Type II. Qiūcí (Kucha) mint in the Ānxī Protectorate (Xīnjiāng). Cast AD 780-783. Jian Zhong Tong Bao in lìshū Hànzì (clerical script) characters / Blank. Thierry, Kai Yuan 100-1 = BN Chinoises II 1272-88; Hartill 14.133. VF, green and red patina. Rare.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.