YUAN: Zhong Tong, 1260-1264, AE cash (4.24g), seal script, minor encrustation, nice patina, VF, RRRR, ex Nicholas Rhodes Collection. Seemingly an exact match to number 0243 in volume 5 of the Shanghai Encyclopedia ( "Daxi ", Zhong Guo Li Dai Hou Xi). Type not listed in seal script by Hartill. This is the first of this type we have handled.
Estimate: 550- 650 USD