299, Lot: 509. Estimate $75. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CHINA, Xīn dynasty. Wáng Măng. AD 9-23. Æ Huobu (22 x 55mm, 17.49 g). Fourth currency reform. Cast AD 14-23.
Huo Bu in archaized Hànzì / Blank. BN
Chinoises II 445-8; Hartill 9.30. Good VF, green patina with brown deposits.
From the John Shaw Collection, with an old collector’s ticket attached.