France, Kingdom. Philippe VI de Valois AV Écu d'or à la chaise. First emission, struck from 1 January 1337. ✠ PҺILLIPPVS ⁑ DЄI ˣ ˣ GRA ˣ FRAꞂCORVM ⁑ RЄX, Philippe seated facing on Gothic throne, holding sword, left hand resting on coat-of-arms to right; all within tressure of arches with trefoil in each spandrel, and four saltires below foot of throne / ✠ ◦ XP'C ⦂ VIꞂCIT ⦂ XP'C ⦂ RЄGNAT ⦂ XP'C ⦂ INPЄRAT, cross quadrilobée and fleuronnée; leaves in quarters, all within quadrilobe, trefoil in each spandrel. Duplessy 249; Ciani 282; Lafaurie 262; Friedberg 270. 4.47g, 30mm, 3h.
Fleur De Coin; in magnificent condition for the issue.
Acquired from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co.