Among the Rarest 20th Century Crowns

CNG 87, Lot: 1857. Estimate $10000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Regno d'Italia. Vittorio Emanuele III. 1900-1946. Piefort AR 5 Lire (37mm, , 6h). Rome mint; Davide Calandra, designer; Attilio Silvio Motti, engraver. Dated 1914. · VITTORIO EMANVELE III RE D’ITALIA ·, bust right in military attire, wearing Collar of the Highest Order; D·CALANDRA· below / Italia standing left in quadriga rearing left, holding olive branch and round shield; to upper left, PROVA/DI STAMPA in two lines; 1914 to lower left; D·CALANDRA·M and A·MOTTI·INC· above ground line; in exergue, L·5 between two stylized scrolls. Cf. Pagani 708 (regular issue); Gigante P28; KM 56. In ISNI slab, graded FDC 64, lustrous. Very rare. One of the rarest crowns of the 20th century.