299, Lot: 510. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Xīn dynasty. Wáng Măng. AD 9-23. Æ Huobu (23 x 57mm, 16.72 g). Fourth currency reform. Cast AD 14-23. Huo Bu in archaized Hànzì / Blank. BN Chinoises II 449-50; Hartill 9.30. VF, green patina with brown deposits.

From the John Shaw Collection.