339, Lot: 493. Estimate $75. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Xīn dynasty. Wáng Măng. AD 7/9-23. Æ Huobo – Spade (58x23.5mm, 17.90 g). Fourth currency reform, AD 14-23. Huo Bu in archaizing zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises II 445-8; Hartill 9.30. VF, green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.