I purchased this coin as part of an inexpensive mixed lot at an auction in England last week, and I’m trying to figure out its origin. The obverse has what appears to me to be a full lion head roaring left, while the reverse has an incuse square with an object I can’t identify and some Greek letters. The coin is about 14 mm in diameter, and appears to me to be silver. I’m thinking Ionian for sure, but where and when?
Last week I purchased the pot shown in Bayeux at an antique shop for 350 euros. it was clearly represented by the shopkeeper as Bayeux porcelain, but my research is bringing this into question due to the cobalt blue not being an underglaze, and the lack of a marker’s mark. I‘m finding it may be from another region or be Samson of Paris or another European manufacturer, because it does appear to be vintage European chinoiserie. The only mark is a blue teardrop under the lid, and the piece feels heavy.
Are there any Bayeux of chinoiserie porcelain collectors out there who can provide any input, or at least recommend some appraisers who can help me identify it?
I just bought this at auction in the UK. I have several hammered English coins, which would be common here, but this one appears to not have a ruler’s face on the obverse. Instead it looks like a shield or some other device. Could it be Anglo-Saxon?
