France, Kingdom. Philippe VI de Valois AV Chaise d'or. Struck from 17 July 1346. ✠ PҺILLIPPVS ⁑ DЄI ⁑ GRACIΛ ⁑ FRAꞂCORVM ⁑ RЄX, Philippe seated facing on ornate Gothic throne, lis-tipped sceptre in right hand and Main de Justice in left; all within tressure of arches with trefoil in each spandrel, and four saltires below foot of throne / ✠ ⁝ XP'C ⁝ VIꞂCIT ⁝ XP'C ⁝ RЄGИAT ⁝ XP'C ⁝ IMPЄRAT ⁝, arched cross feuillue et fleurdelisée over voided short arched cross, with voided quatrefoil at each limb; quatrefoil at centre; all within quadrilobe with inward-facing lis in each angle, crown in each spandrel. Duplessy 258A; Friedberg 269. 4.64g, 30mm, 12h.
Previously NGC graded MS 64 (#5746900-009) - the single finest NGC certified example of the type.
Acquired from Heritage World Coin Auctions.