France, Kingdom. Philippe VI de Valois AV Chaise d'or. Struck from 17 July 1346. ✠ PҺILLIPPVS ⁑ DЄI ⁑ GRACIA ⁑ FRAꞂCORVM ⁑ RЄX, Philippe seated facing on 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 ⁝ VIИCIT ⁝ XP'C ⁝ RЄGИAT ⁝ XP'C ⁝ IMPЄRAT, cross feuillue and fleurdelisée; all within quadrilobe with inward-facing lis in each angle, crown in each spandrel. Duplessy 258; Ciani 290; Lafaurie -; Friedberg 269. 4.72g, 29mm, 9h.
Mint State.
Acquired from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co;
Privately purchased in the early 1930s from Julius Jenke, Munich.