339, Lot: 515. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Later Hàn. Yĭndì. AD 947-950. Æ Wén (24mm, 3.59 g, 12h). Cast AD 948-950. Han Yuan Tong Bao in lìshū Hànzì (clerical script) characters / Crescent below central hole. BN Chinoises II 1460 var. (placement of rev. mark); Hartill 15.7 (Gāozǔ). Near VF, green and blue patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.