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PHILIPPE IV le Bel 2nd son of Philip III and Isabella...

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PHILIPPE IV le Bel 2nd son of Philip III and Isabella of Aragon October 5, 1285 - November 29, 1314 ✠ PhILIPPVS: DEI: GRA: FRANChORVM: REX. The king seated frontally on a throne adorned with lion heads, holding a fleurdelisé scepter (mace) and a lily. Polylobe cantoned with annelets. R/. ✠ XP'C: VINCIT: XP'C: REGNAT: XP'C: IMPERAT. Foliate, leafy cross with heart quatrefoil, cantoned by four lilies, within a quatrefoil with four trefoiled outer corners. Punctuation by three superimposed dots obverse and reverse. ♦ Fr 254; Dy 208 Gold mass (1st issue January 10, 1296). (6,92 g) Very rare specimen of wide and regular flan. A very fine specimen. ROBERT I d'ANJOU was the son of Charles II d'Anjou, descendant of Charles I (brother of Saint Louis) and Marie of Hungary. He was King of Naples and Count of Provence.