PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Quarter-noble (18mm, 1.33 g, 3h). Contemporary forgery of a Calais mint Treaty Period, Group b issue. Coat-of-arms within tressure of arches; trace of cross-in-annulet above shield / Ornate cross with lions and quatrefoils in quarters, small annulet in center; all in tressure of arches. Cf. Lawrence 2-4; cf. Schneider 99-101; cf. North 1245; cf. SCBC 1513 (all refs for type). Some die rust, a few edge marks. VF.
Ex Arthur M. Fitts III (17 January 2018), lot 1010; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 430 (March 1954), no. G307.