Auction Details
Bolaffi Ambassador’s 7th numismatic auction features a wide range of money ’s history, spanning from Roman coins to modern and contemporary ones, banknotes included.
We point out a wide coins’ selection of the entire Papal States age, from the Middle Age till the fall of the Church’s temporary power; within this selection there are great single items, both for their rarity and their quality. Among them there are also samples with a documented provenance of formerly belonging to prestigious collections.
Nonetheless also the auction chapters regarding modern numismatics are of high interest. For example there is one sample of the “100 Lire 1880” minted under Umberto I, which represents one of the greatest rarities of a specialized Italian Kingdom collection.
Within modern numismatics, the sale also includes a big selection of very important banknotes’ issues, including some very rare items that in recent years enjoyed a bright price rise.
As usual, the auction will end with a strong final section of multiple lots and collections, representing a great opportunity for professional dealers willing to refill their stocks and for collectors willing to close some gaps of their collections.
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1Roman republican coins - DenaroAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman republican coins - Denaro 111-110 a.C.- Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,96 - Di buona qualità - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
2Roman republican coins - DenaroAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman republican coins - Denaro 75 a.C.- Zecca di Roma - gr. 2,81 - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
3Roman imperial coins - Nerva (96-98 d.CAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman imperial coins - Nerva (96-98 d.C.) - Denaro 96 d.C. - Zecca di Roma - gr.3,52 - Ag
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
4Roman imperial coins - Faustina madre -Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman imperial coins - Faustina madre - Denaro databile agli anni successivi al 141 d.C.- Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,26 - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
5Roman imperial coins - Faustina madre -Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman imperial coins - Faustina madre - Denaro databile agli anni successivi al 141 d.C.- Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,15 - Patina gradevole - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 125.00
6Roman imperial coins - Lucio Vero (161-Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman imperial coins - Lucio Vero (161-169 d.C.) - Denaro Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,26 - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 75.00
7Roman imperial coins - Caracalla (197-2Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman imperial coins - Caracalla (197-216 d.C.) - Denaro Zecca di Roma - gr. 2,94 - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 125.00
8Roman imperial coins - Eliogabalo (218-Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman imperial coins - Eliogabalo (218-222 d.C.) - Denaro Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,50 - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
9Roman imperial coins - Alessandro SeverAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman imperial coins - Alessandro Severo (222-235 d.C.) - Denaro Zecca di Roma - gr. 2,75 - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
11Roman imperial coins - Postumo (259-267Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Roman imperial coins - Postumo (259-267) - Antoniano Zecca di Lugdunum -gr. 3,04 - Mi
Estimate : 10.00 - 30.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
12Byzantine coins - gold -Eraclio (610-64Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Byzantine coins - gold -Eraclio (610-641 d.C.) - Solido databile agli anni 626-629 - Zecca di Costantinopoli - gr. 4,37 - Schiacciatura di conio sul l
Estimate : 150.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for 240.00
13Sasanian coins - Khusru I (531-579 d.C.Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Sasanian coins - Khusru I (531-579 d.C.) - Dracma Anno III - Zecca di Nahr Fire - gr. 3,79 - Non comune - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
14Sasanian coins - Khusru I (531-579 d.C.Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Sasanian coins - Khusru I (531-579 d.C.) - Dracma Anno XI - Zecca di Ram Auhrmazd - gr. 3,93 - Non comune - Ag
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 0.00
15Sasanian coins - Hormazd IV (579-590 d.Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Sasanian coins - Hormazd IV (579-590 d.C.) - Dracma Anno III - Zecca di Armin - gr. 4,01 - Ag
Estimate : 30.00 - 90.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
16Sasanian coins - Hormazd IV (579-590 d.Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Sasanian coins - Hormazd IV (579-590 d.C.) - Dracma Anno X - Zecca di Nihavand - gr. 4,04 - Ag
Estimate : 30.00 - 90.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
17Sasanian coins - Khusru II 8590-628 d.CAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Sasanian coins - Khusru II 8590-628 d.C.) - Dracma Anno XXIX - Zecca sconosciuta dell'Azerbaijan - gr. 4,10 - Di particolare qualità - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
18Sasanian coins - Khusru II (590-628 d.CAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Sasanian coins - Khusru II (590-628 d.C.) - Dracma di data illeggibile - Zecca di Susa - gr. 3,99 - Ag
Estimate : 30.00 - 90.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
19Sasanian coins - Khusru II (590-628 d.CAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Sasanian coins - Khusru II (590-628 d.C.) - Dracma di data illeggibile - Zecca di Nihavand - gr. 3,92 - Ag
Estimate : 30.00 - 90.00
Sold to floor for 35.00
20Sasanian coins - Khusru II (590-628 d.CAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Sasanian coins - Khusru II (590-628 d.C.) - Dracma di data illeggibile - Zecca di Ray - gr. 4,15 - Ag
Estimate : 30.00 - 90.00
Sold to floor for 35.00
21Arabo-Sasanian coins - Ubayd-Allah Ibn Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Arabo-Sasanian coins - Ubayd-Allah Ibn Ziyad(674-683d.C.)-Dracma Governatori arabi del Fars - gr. 3,77 - Ag
Estimate : 30.00 - 90.00
Sold to jmfil for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
22Arabo-Sasanian coins - Farhah (711-730 Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Arabo-Sasanian coins - Farhah (711-730 d.C.) - Mezza Dracma Governatori arabi del Tabaristan - Zecca di Isphbad - gr. 2,04 - Ag
Estimate : 20.00 - 60.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
23Arabo-Sasanian coins - Farhah (711-730 Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Arabo-Sasanian coins - Farhah (711-730 d.C.) - Mezza Dracma Governatori arabi del Tabaristan - Zecca di Isphbad - gr. 1,77 - Ag
Estimate : 20.00 - 60.00
Sold to jmfil for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
24Italian middle age coins - Milano - AmbAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - Milano - Ambrosino Prima Repubblica (1250-1310) - gr. 2,86 - Ag
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
25Italian middle age coins - gold - MilanAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - gold - Milano - Mezzo Ambrosino d'oro Luchino e Giovanni Visconti (1339-1349) o Giovanni Visconti solo (1349-1354) - ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
26Italian middle age coins - Milano - SesAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - Milano - Sesino o mezzo soldo Bernabò e Galeazzo II Visconti (1354-1378) - gr. 1,01 - Ag
Estimate : 10.00 - 30.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
27Italian middle age coins - Milano - GroAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - Milano - Grosso da 2 soldi Filippo Maria Visconti (1412-1447) - gr. 2,28 - Di buona qualità - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
28Italian middle age coins - Milano - GroAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - Milano - Grosso da 5 soldi Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1466-1476) - gr. 2,44 - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
29Italian middle age coins - Venezia - GrAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - Venezia - Grosso Lorenzo Tiepolo (1268-1275) - gr. 2,14 - Di grande qualità - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
30Italian middle age coins - Venezia - SoAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - Venezia - Soldino Pietro Gradenigo (1289-1311) Grosso / Andrea Contarini (1368-1382) - Insieme di due monete - Da esaminare
Estimate : 10.00 - 30.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
31Italian middle age coins - gold - VenezAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - gold - Venezia - Ducato Francesco Dandolo (1329-1339) - gr. 3,49 - Au
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 190.00
32Italian middle age coins - gold - VenezAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - gold - Venezia - Ducato Andrea Dandolo (1343-1354) - gr. 3,52 - Au
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 170.00
33Italian middle age coins - gold - VenezAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - gold - Venezia - Ducato Antonino Venier (1382-1400) - gr. 3,49 - Possibile contraffazione dei genovesi di Chio - Au
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
34Italian middle age coins - gold - VenezAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - gold - Venezia - Ducato Tommaso Mocenigo (1414-1423) - gr. 3,40 - Possibile contraffazione dei genovesi di Chio - Au
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
35Italian middle age coins - gold - ImitaAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Italian middle age coins - gold - Imitazione del ducato di Venezia Insediamenti genovesi nel Mediterraneo - Isola di Chio - La Maona (1347-1566) - Fil
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 155.00
36Papal middle age coins - Benedetto XII Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Benedetto XII (1334-1342) - Grosso Zecca di Macerata - gr. 1,56 - Rara - Ag
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
37Papal middle age coins - Urbano V (1362Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Urbano V (1362-1370) - Bolognino romano Zecca di Roma - gr. 1,17 - Ag
Estimate : 10.00 - 30.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
38Papal middle age coins - gold -Urbano VAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - gold -Urbano V (1362-1370) - Fiorino Imitazione del Fiorino di Firenze - Zecca di Avignone - gr. 3,49 - Elencata dal Muntoni
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for 380.00
39Papal middle age coins - Eugenio IV (14Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Eugenio IV (1431-1447) - Grosso Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,00 - Fortemente tosato - Patina di medagliere - Non comune - Ag
Estimate : 150.00 - 450.00
Sold to ducatodoro for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
40Papal middle age coins - Eugenio IV (14Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Eugenio IV (1431-1447) - Bolognino databile agli anni 1446-1447 - Zecca di Ascoli Piceno - gr. 1,00 - Ag
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 75.00
41Papal middle age coins - gold -Nicolò VAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - gold -Nicolò V (1447-1455) - Ducato papale Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,50 - Au
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for 450.00
42Papal middle age coins - gold -Pio II (Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - gold -Pio II (1458-1464) - Ducato papale Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,47 - Au
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to ducatodoro for (1,000.00 + 200.00BP) = 1,200.00
43Papal middle age coins - Pio II (1458-1Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Pio II (1458-1464) - Grosso Zecca di Ancona - gr. 3,76 - Rara - Forata - Vedi la nota del Muntoni vol. I pag. 67 - Ag
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
44Papal middle age coins - Pio II (1458-1Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Pio II (1458-1464) - Grosso Zecca di Ancona - gr. 2,94 - Rara - Vedi la nota del Muntoni vol. I pag. 67 - Ag
Estimate : 150.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
45Papal middle age coins - Paolo II (1464Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Paolo II (1464-1471) - Terzo di grosso Zecca di Ancona - gr. 1,16 - Tracce di piegatura - Vedi la nota del Muntoni vol. I pag
Estimate : 10.00 - 30.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
46Papal middle age coins - gold -Sisto IVAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - gold -Sisto IV (1471-1484) - Fiorino di camera Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,34 - Au
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to ducatodoro for (700.00 + 140.00BP) = 840.00
47Papal middle age coins - gold -InnocenzAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - gold -Innocenzo VIII (1484-1492) - Fiorino Zecca di Roma - gr. 3,36 - Au
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for 700.00
48Papal middle age coins - Innocenzo VIIIAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Innocenzo VIII (1484-1492) - Picciolo Zecca di Ancona - gr. 0,78 - Mi
Estimate : 10.00 - 30.00
Sold to lupey16311 for (25.00 + 5.00BP) = 30.00
49Papal middle age coins - gold -AlessandAste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - gold -Alessandro VI (1492-1503) - Doppio fiorino Zecca di Roma - gr. 6,34 - Rara - Au
Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for 0.00
50Papal middle age coins - Alessandro VI Aste Bolaffi Ambassador
Papal middle age coins - Alessandro VI (1492-1503) - Grosso Zecca di Ancona - gr. 2,99 - Punzonatura perforata al diritto - Ag
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to iroyst2005 for (125.00 + 25.00BP) = 150.00