PHILIPPE VI DE VALOIS* April 1, 1328 - August 22, 1350 - Lot 81

PHILIPPE VI DE VALOIS* April 1, 1328 - August 22, 1350 + PHILLIPPVS ⁑ DЄI x GRA x FRANCORVM ⁑ RЄX. King seated front in Gothic stall, crowned, dressed in haubert and cotte d'armes, holding raised sword in right hand and shield of France with lilies in left. Polylobe flanked by trefoils. R/. + *XP'C ⁑ VINCIT ⁑ XP'C ⁑ RЄGИAT ⁑ XP'C ⁑ IMPЄRAT. Four-lobed, fleuronned cross within a quatrefoil ornamented with leaves and flanked by four shamrocks. ♦ Fr 270; Dy 249 Écu d'or à la Chaise 1st issue 1337 (4.54 g) Broad, regular flan. A very fine example. *Philip VI of Valois was the younger brother of Philip IV the Fair. Under his reign, the Hundred Years' War began in 1337, with Edward III landing in Normandy, ravaging the country and laying siege to Caen, before invading Picardy and laying siege to Calais. A general truce was signed on September 28, 1347.