453, Lot: 690. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Xīn dynasty. Wáng Măng. AD 7/9-23. Æ Value 500 Knife (28x72mm, 22.01 g). Cast AD 7-9. Knife-shaped coin with Qi Dao (Inscribed Knife) on upper circle, Wu Bai (Five Hundred) on flat of blade. BN Chinoises II 427; Hartill 9.13. Thick encrustations over green-brown patina. Good Fine.