France. Philippe VI de Valois (1328-1350), AV Écu d’or à la chaise (26mm, 4.47g), 2nd emission, 10 April 1343, Full-length figure of Philippe VI seated facing on ornate Gothic throne, holding shield and sword; all within tressure of arches, rev. Ornate cross fleurée with central four petalled flower, bars end intrefoils; leaves in quarters; all within quadrilobe with arches ending in trefoils (Duplessy 249a; Ciani 283; Friedberg 270), good very fine
