PHILIPPE VI de Valois son of Charles de Valois and Marguerite d'Anjou April 1, 1328 - August 22, 1350 PhILIPPVS : D' GRA : FRA : RЄX x. (punctuated by three superimposed rings). Crowned Archangel Saint Michael, standing beneath a Gothic baldachin, holding a long cross with which he holds the dragon lying at his feet. To the right, the shield of France with three lilies. Polylobe. R/. ✠ XP'C: VIИCIT: XP'C: RЄGИAT: XP'C: IMPЄRAT Four-lobed, leafy cross within a fleur-de-lys quatrefoil cantoned by four coronets. Punctuation by three superimposed annuli on obverse and reverse. ♦ Fr 273; Dy 255A Golden angel (2nd issue August 8, 1341). (6,33 g) Rare. Irregular flan slightly distorted. Scratch on obverse. T.B./Very fine. Expert : Mme Berthelot-Vinchon - 01.42.97.50.00

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