At the finial, this large spoon has a lion and a key which is emblematic of Switzerland. The well made stem is twisty and has a column base.
The bowl is gold washed -but I think that it was originally a silver coin.
The coin is from the Geneva Republic and is circa. 1723 (Respublica Genevensis).
I found a word description in an old coin book that matched this coin perfectly.
The reverse is "post tenebrus lux" - -meaning "after the darkness -- light", and is a reference to the "dark ages".
This picture is from a later Swiss coin but it is very similar to my coin.
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