Specialist in Ancient Coins

Jonathan K. Kern Company

Rare gold, silver, and bronze coins Greek, Roman, and USA

COINS GROUPED BY HISTORICAL PERIODS

Part of the pleasure of owning an ancient coin is that the coin is a real connection with history. Such a coin has been in the hands of people long since dead; it may have been used in trade or kept for financial security. It exists today due to being hidden intentionally or to being buried under tragic circumstances. With this in mind, brief histories of our ancient coins have been prepared and accompany each purchase of a group of coins or of single coins.

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2005
Fall	Roman	Roman	Roman	Download
June	RomanII			Download
May			31st ROMANS AND THE TWELVE CAESARS
April
March	3rd Many New purchases		early christian coins
February			23rd Many New purchases
January	5th US Ancients and Foreign
2003
December
November		10th MANY NEW PURCHASES	24th MANY NEW PURCHASES
October
August			25th ALL NEW PURCHASES
July			21st ROMAN TETRARCHY
June	2nd many new ancient purchases	9th Coins of the Twelve Caesars
April			28th Roman Glass and Ancient Terracotta.
March		10th MANY NEW PURCHASES, COLONIALS	24th English, Early American, Ancients
2002
December	2nd Treasure of Xerxes Huge Hoard of Silver Buried Circa 450 BC	9th EGYPT: Crossroads of Civilizations	16th TREASURES OF THE OLD AND NEW WORLDS IRON, COPPER, SILVER AND GOLD
November
October			21st US, Colonials, Early type, scarce dates and gold
September			23rd Spanish, French, English colonies. ancient greek, roman.
August
July	8th FRENCH, SPANISH COLONIES, ENGLISH, EARLY AMERICAN AND ROMAN SILVER AND GOLD		23rd Many new purchases, Colonial period, early US, type and gold coins, common and rare foreign gold, ancient Greek, Biblical, Roman, Byzantine, and Venetian, certified and raw. From $17. to $47,000
June
May			27th many new US new purchases, certified and raw foreign, medieval and ancient Greek and Roman. Rare Malaysian decortations and gold horse race trophies
April	1st NEW DEALS - CHRIST GOLD, ALEXANDER, CLASSIC OWLS	15th MANY NEW PURCHASES - DIFFERENT COLONIES		29th THE SESTERTIUS - ROME’S PREMIER PORTRAIT COIN
March	4th Spanish, French And American Colonies
February	11th SPAIN AND SPANISH COLONIES. ENGLISH, EARLY AMERICAN PERIOD. THREE CENTS SILVER FRANCE AND COLONIES	18th MITHRADATES THE GREAT, ROME’S WORST NIGHTMARE	25th MANY NEW PURCHASES
January		14th AMAZING HOARD OF ANCIENT ROMAN DENARII	21st The Roman Double Denarius – Coinage in Transition, Treasure of Xerxes, Huge Hoard of Silver Buried Circa 450 BC
2001
December	3rd Gold ducats of Venice Rare United States, Foreign, and Ancients, mostly certified and slabbed, Shipwreck treasures, Indian Peace Medals, and military gold survival kits.	17th MANY COINS OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY	24th MANY ENGLISH, EARLY AMERICAN PERIOD.
November	5th THE FACE OF ALEXANDER		26th The Face of Augustus From the Birth Year of Christ Silver Tetradrachms of the Roman East
October				29th New U.S., foreign, and Ancients, Mostly Certified
September	10th MANY ANA PURCHASES
July				30th MANY NEW PURCHASES & MANY REDUCED PRICES
June	4th Slab U.s. gold, certified ancient	18th classical ancient and medieval coinage
May	14th Mostly U.S. coins
April	9th new purchases, and reduced prices on old friends, shipwreck treasure and pieces of eight, certified ancient gold, King Farouk gold, and many more offerings
February		19th GOLD TREASURES III 450 TO 1800 A.D.
January	8th Ancient Persian Coins, Coins of Early Christianity	15th Turtles of Aigina – First Coins of Europe	22nd AMAZING HOARD OF ROMAN DENARII	29th MANY, MANY NEW PURCHASES
2000
December	4th MANY NEW PURCHASES	11th ALL NEW OFFERINGS-GREEK, PERSIAN, CELTIC	20th AMAZING HOARD
November	6th ALL GOLD, MANY NEW PURCHASES	27th AMAZING HOARD OF ROMAN DENARI
October	16th THE U.S. TAKES THE GOLD IN AN ORIGINAL OLYMPIC EVENT GRAECO-ROMAN WRESTLING
September	4th MOSTLY SLABBED US & FOREIGN SILVER BULLION	25th COINS OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
August	7th Ancient Persian Silver, Modern Bullion silver, Alexandria TETRADRACHMS, brutus gold staters
July	3rd MANY NEW PURCHASES
May	1st ROMAN DENARII The Single Most Important Ancient Coin Denomination	29th TREASURES OF 27 CENTURIES OF COINAGE
April	17th MANY NEW PURCHASES
March	6th CLASSIC ANCIENTS
Feb	7th Silver Of The First Two Caesars Affordable Tetradrachms of the Roman East	14th GOLD & SILVER HOARDS OF MITHRADATES VI THE LAST GREAT HELLENISTIC KING AND THE ROMAN REPUBLIC’S WORST NIGHTMARE	21st PHILIP II and ALEXANDER the GREAT
Jan	24th The Origins of Coinage Seventh and Sixth Century B.C. Electrum Coins of Ionia	31st Many New Purchases Alexander The Great Portrait Gold. Gold For Brutus "Et tu, Brute?"

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Folles of the Tetrarchy

Christianity in Transition; From Persecution to Salvation:
In 296 AD, Diocletian reformed the currency of the Roman empire by introducing a new coin, the FOLLIS (plural, FOLLES). FOLLES, made of silver and copper, soon replaced the older currency and were minted and used from London to Syria. We are pleased to offer a selection of choice FOLLES from a hoard which was probably buried in 307 AD.

PHILIP II, 359-336 BC, and the Rise of the Macedonian Kingdom