CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Qín. Circa 336-221 BC. Æ ‘Ban Laing’ (36mm, 8.26 g).

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Lot: 648. Estimated: $ 75

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CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Qín. Circa 336-221 BC. Æ ‘Ban Laing’ (36mm, 8.26 g). Ban liang in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I 410-7; Hartill 7.6. Green patina in varying shades with light earthen deposits and hints of the underlying metal. Good VF.

From the Todd Hansen Collection. Ex Ralph DeMarco BBS 1 (19 April 1996), lot 667.

This variety of banliang, with good weight and finely cast in a large module, was traditionally attributed to the first issue of a unified China under the Qín dynasty. Examples of this type found in Warring States period tombs and certain hoard finds, however, require the series to be given an earlier date.

Closing Date and Time: 5 May 2021 at 13:35:40 ET.

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