CHINA, Xīn dynasty. Wáng Măng. AD 7/9-23. Æ Zhu (15mm, 1.24 g). Second currency reform, AD 9-10. Xiao Qian Zhi Yi in archaizing zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises II 433-4; Hartill 9.14. Brown patina. VF. With handwritten Japanese dealer's envelope.
From the Elmer H. Frantz Collection.