★ Ex M&M Basel 95, 2004 ★

France, Kingdom. Philippe VI de Valois (1328-1350) AV Chaise d'or. Struck from 17 July 1346. ✠ PҺILLIPPVS ⁑ DЄI ⁑ GRACIΛ ⁑ FRANCORVM ⁑ 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; trefoil in each spandrel / ✠ ⁝ XP'C ⁝ VIꞂCIT ⁝ XP'C ⁝ RЄGNAT ⁝ 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 258; Ciani 290; Lafaurie 261; Friedberg 269. 4.68g, 30mm, 6h.

Mint State.

From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 95, 4 October 2004, lot 238.

This coin was previously graded by M&M Basel as "Superbe/FDC", and noted as being "d'une fraîcheur de frappe remarquable" (a remarkably sharp strike).