410, Lot: 1067. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of nine pieces of “proto-money.” Lot includes: eight Sumerian shell rings, circa 3000 BC (22-26mm). Opitz p. 287; and one Mexican copper “hoe money” piece, 12th-early 16th centuries AD (19.8cm). Opitz pp. 24-5. A few of the Sumerian pieces chipped, remainder of lot intact.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor.