339, Lot: 494. Estimate $75. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Xīn dynasty. Wáng Măng. AD 7/9-23. Æ Huoquan (22mm, 3.05 g, 9h). Fourth currency reform, AD 14-23 . Huo Quan in archaizing zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Huo Quan in archaizing zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters. Cf. BN Chinoises II 465-84; Hartill 9.53. Good VF, green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.