Triton XVI, Lot: 1362. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Philippe VI de Valois (of Valois). 1328-1350. AV Écu d’or à la chaise (29mm, 4.54 g, 6h). Struck from 1 January 1337. + PhILIPPVS : DЄI · GRΛ · [FRΛnChRV]M : RЄX (saltire stops), Philippe enthroned facing, holding sword; coat-of-arms to right; all within tressure of arches / + · XP’C : VIИCIT : XP’C : RЄGИΛT : XP’C : IИPЄRΛT (annulet stops), ornate cross fleurée,, with voided quatrefoil at center and leaves in quarters; all within quadrilobe with arches ending in trefoils. Duplessy 249; Ciani 282; Friedberg 270. VF, obverse legends poorly struck.