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Triton XVII, Lot: 997. Estimate $40000.
Sold for $36000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Philippe VI de Valois (of Valois). 1328-1350. AV Double d’or (34mm, 6.76 g, 2h). Paris mint. Struck 1340. (annulet) Ph DEI GRA (annulet) (annulet) FRAnC REX (annulet), Philippe enthroned facing on ornate Gothic throne set on daïs ornamented with saltires, holding long and short scepters, each tipped with lis; triple annulet stops / + (annulet) XPC VIИCIT XPC REGИAT XPC IMPERAT, cross fleurée; crowns in quarters; all within angled quadrilobe, each angle ending in leaves flanking trefoil; double pellet-in-annulet stops. Duplessy 253 var. (initial saltires in place of annulets in legends); cf. Ciani 275; Friedberg 267. Superb EF, areas of red toning. Extremely rare.


Ex Armand Trampitsch Collection (Part 2, Rassion & Cellard, 31 May 1988), lot 184.