346, Lot: 599. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Philippe VI de Valois (of Valois). 1328-1350. AR Gros à la couronne (25mm, 2.39 g, 4h). Struck 1338. + BnDICTV SIT NOmЄ DH[I nRI D]EI/+ PhI LIP PVS REX, cross pattée; annulet above cross; quadrate stops / (crown) FRΛHCORVm, châtel tournois decorated with three annulets; cross below; border of twelve lis. Cf. Duplessy 262A; Ciani –; Roberts 2502. Near VF, lightly toned, areas of weak strike and light ghosting.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.