FRANCE: Philippe VI, 1328-1350, AV écu d'or à la chaise (4.45g), ND, Fr-270, Duplessy-249 var, king with shield and sword, seated on Gothic throne with +PHILIPPVSxDEIxxGRAxFRANCORVMxREX around // floriated cross in quadrilobe with +XP'CoVINCIToXP'CoREGNAToXP'CoIMPERAT, decent strike, AU. Philip VI's reign was plagued by a succession dispute. When Charles the Fair died in 1328, the nearest male heir was Edward II of England, through his mother, Isabella of France. The prevailing thought in France was that Edward III was ineligible to inherit the throne through the female line according to old Salic Law. Edward at first seemed to accept Philip's accession, but through a series of disagreements, events led to the beginning of the Hundred Years War.
Estimate: 1,200-1,400 USD