339, Lot: 630. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Charms. Æ Charm (137mm, 343.1 g, 12h). Dated cyclical year Ding You (37 BC) of the Jian Shi reign (32-29 BC). Cast late 19th-early 20th centuries. Wu Zhu to right and left, Jian Shi Ding You (Chien Shih reign, [cyclical date]) in Hànzì characters; crescent moon below hole / Ping shi wu qian (Worth five thousand) in Hànzì characters. Thierry, Amulettes –; CCC –; Lockhart 185 (this coin). VF, green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection. Ex Spink-Taisei 7 (2 July 1989), lot 554 (part of); James H. Stewart Lockhart Collection, no. 185.

This coin is anachronistically given the cyclical date Ding You, while citing the reign title Chien Shih, used five years later.