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L'AsTA IN NumERI
ThE AuCTION IN NumBERs
1.825
NumERO COmPLEssIVO
DI LOT TI mEssI IN VENDITA
TOTAL NumBER OF LOTs
OFFERED FOR sALE
2.145.000
TOTALE DELLA VENDITA DIRITTI INCLusI
sALE TOTAL INCLuDINg BuYER's PREmIum
1937
gRAN BRETAgNA - gIORgIO VI - PROOF sET
gREAT BRITAIN - gEORgE VI - PROOF sET
VENDuTo a
SolD aT
€ 17.000
ASTE BOLAFFI
COINS, BANKNOTES 405-367 A.C.
AND MEDALS sIRACusA - 100 LITRE
sYRACusE - 100 LITRE
Turin, 30 November
- 1 December 2016 VENDuTo a
SolD aT
After the record-breaking spring auction which € 18.300
made over 3 million euros, the second coins and
banknotes auction of 2016, held in Turin on 30 crowned and circled by the collar badge
November and 1 December, continued the very of the Annunciation and the 5 Lire “Aquila
positive trend with an overall total of 2,100,000 sabauda” from 1901.
euros. This was confirmation that numismatics was the
best sector for Aste Bolaffi in 2016. The highest result of Other important results included the 100 Lire “Impero” 1937 from
the autumn sale was a medal, a gold piece coined in Poland the Roman mint (34,160 euros), the 100 Lire from syracuse which
which could be dated back to 1660 and was characterised by a can be dated back to 405-400 B.C. (18,300 euros) and the Proof
depiction of the city of Danzig. It is a rare and splendid example set from 1937 with a complete set of 19 values from 5 Pounds to
of medal art from the peak of the german Baroque period and the Farthing bearing george VI, which was estimated at 6,000
sold for 43,900 euros. In second place was a Victorian Proof euros and sold for over 17,000 euros. The best performances of
set from 1893 with a complete set from 5 Pounds to 3 Pence sterling coins were the 1916 pound from the Ottawa mint which
which sold for 39,000 euros after an estimate of 15,000 euros, sold for 20,740 euros and a proof example from 1839 which sold
followed by rarities from the house of savoy. for 13,420 euros.
The three coins that sold for the most, 36,600 euros each, were
the 1878 100 Lire bearing the likeness of Victor Emmanuel II, only
294 examples of which were coined, the 1821 80 Lire bearing
the likeness of Victor Emmanuel I and the house of savoy crest
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