339, Lot: 555. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Míng dynasty. Tàizŭ. AD 1368-1398. Æ 3 Wén (33.5mm, 10.83 g, 12h). Mint in Zhèjiāng province. Hong Wu Tong Bao in kǎishū Hànzì (regular script) characters / Zhe in kǎishū Hànzì (regular script) characters. Hartill 20.96. VF, green patina with a patch of red.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.