339, Lot: 535. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Southern Sòng dynasty. Lĭzōng. AD 1224-1264. Æ 5 Wén (37mm, 14.60 g, 12h). Cast 1237-1240. Jai Xi Zhong Bao in kǎishū Hànzì (regular script) characters / Pellet to upper right of central hole. Hartill 17.777 var. (no pellet). Good VF, green and red patina, scrape on reverse.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.