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294-283 BC brass 15 mm of Demetrios Poliorcetes, a successor of Alexander struggling to carve out his own empire Obv: bust of Demetrios wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with bull’s horn Rev: prow of war galley VF, dark, slightly rough patina............... $127
474-491 AD gold solidus of the eastern Roman emperor Zeno Obv: his helmeted, armoured and cuirassed bust facing, spear over shoulder Rev: 100% angel standing, holding long jeweled cross, star in 41-54 AD bronze as of Claudius Obv: his bare field to right, Constantinople mint Ch Abt Unc very headed bust in superb first century Roman style faint scratches in obv fields......................... $877 Rev: Libertas standing. Nice gently smoothed patina, VF+/VF.............................................. $1277 Another As of Claudius Rev: Minerva advancing with shield while raising spear to throw, Fine, irregular patina............................................................ $197
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1200-1000 BC iron age Israel terra cotta oil lamp choice condition, copy of Israeli export papers and Jonathan K Kern COA................................. $187
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400-800 AD terracotta oil lamp of the late Roman and Byzantine era, a popular “slipper” shape with simple decorations, encrusted and dirty but nice 81-96 AD silver denarius of Domitian, last of the shape $87 with Jonathan K Kern COA Twelve Caesars, and during whose reign the Gospels 100% were probably written Obv: his laureate bust Rev: 288-281 BC silver tetradrachm of Lysimachus, Minerva standing, holding thunderbolt and spear treasurer of Alexander the Great, and successor NGC VF “Money of the Bible” holder.......... $197 of Alexander ruling in Thrace and Asia Minor, Cius mint in Bithynia Obv: diademed and horned bust of Alexander the Great Rev: Athena armoured, enthroned and holding Nike and spear, shield below elbow EF+......................................... $2177 100%
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420-405 BC bronze tetras from Gela, a Greek colony on the island of Sicily Obv: bull butting left in fine style, 4 pellets beneath Rev: young horned head of river god Gelas EF dark patina.................. $577
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390-350 BC bronze trias from the Greek colony of Aitna, on the slopes of Mt Aetna, in the island of Sicily Obv: wreathed female goddess, possibly Demeter Rev: rearing horse. Patinated VF, very rare................................................................ $977
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99 AD silver denarius of Trajan, Roman emperor 1469-1504 silver 4 reales (silver dollar sized) of over the largest geographical extent of the empire Ferdinand and Isabella, Seville mint Obv: coat of Obv: his laureate bust Rev: Pax standing, holding arms Rev: bundle of arrows, yoke NGC AU 55 $5977 100% branch and cornucopiae NGC MS $1977. For a 200-100 BC bronze of the Greek island of Melos, common ruler his coinages are very underrated where the famous “Venus de Milo” marble in mint state. sculpture was excavated and taken to the Lourve in Paris. Obv: helmeted soldier Rev: Pomegranate on stem with leaves F/VF............................ $147
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336-323 BC or slightly later silver drachm in the name of Alexander the Great Obv: bust of Hercules “the boxer” with spectacular broken nose Rev: Zeus enthroned, K in left field, phi below throne EF nice old toning............................ $347
330-340 AD anonymous bronze follis Roman city 100% celebration Obv: helmeted and armoured bust of 100% the city goddess Roma Rev: Romulus and Remus 1574 silver ecu from Brabant, as Spanish possession 120-63 BC brass 21 mm of Mithradates 6th of suckling on the she Wolf choice abt unc... $137 Obv: fancy bust of Philip II of Spain Rev: coat of Pontus, the Roman Republic’s worst nightmare. about unc, irregular flan or striking.............. $87 arms, Antwerp mint NGC VF 30 nice toning, Said It took 4 wars to defeat him. Obv: bust of Mars, Fine............................................................... $37 to have been found while soldiers were digging helmeted Rev: sword in scabbard, AMISOS, trenches in World War I............................. $377 capital city of Pontus, other monograms superb Patina EF/VF $277. Best I have seen out of thousands of these.
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336-323 BC brass 18 mm of Alexander the Great Obv: Hercules in lion’s skin headdress Rev: bow and quiver to right of Alexander’s name, club and bunch of grapes to left. EF superb black and light green patina................................................. $267 14%
The most complete and accurate presentation of the famous Biblical Widow’s Mites. Our 2 coin, color, fold over card opens to 11 by 8½ inches and gives a full discussion of the ancient Judaean coins struck 100 BC to 29 AD mentioned in the New Testament. The 2 coins sell as a pair with the 100% history folder, certificate of authenticity and JK Kern 302-228 BC silver stater from Taras, a Greek colony Co guarantee. Two coins in poor to good:. $19 in southern Italy Obv: naked warrior on horseback Two coins in very good to fine:................... $39 Rev: Taras, trident over shoulder, riding dolphin Two coins in very fine:.................................. $77 leaping over the waves EF gently cleaned. $977
Julian II, “the Apostate” because he reverted to paganism from Christianity. He was the last pagan emperor of Rome. 360-365 AD Obv: his bearded, helmeted, armoured bust, holding spear and shield 100% used while Augustus Rev: Vows for years X and XX 1586 silver quarter patagon from Flanders in the time in wreath, Sirmium mint Unc, choice brown Spanish Netherlands. Obv: fancy bust of Philip II of surfaces........................................................ $477 Spain. Rev: coat of arms. Said to have been found Abt Unc, razor sharp.................................... $287 while soldiers were digging trenches in World EF choice brown surfaces........................... $227 War I . NGC VF, scratches (many light ones in obv Net VF, slightly off center, green patina....... $177 fields, nice toning )....................................... $177 Ch VG-F........................................................ $77 Another Julian II, same designs, but Alexandria mint, NGC Fine, sand patina PQ................. $197
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40BC-95AD terra cotta oil lamp from the Herodian Another silver stater from Taras, Taras holding era in the Holy Land Israeli export paper copy and wreath, slightly off center VF....................... $487 Jonathan K Kern COA................................. $177
450-457 AD gold third solidus, or tremissis of Marcian, eastern Roman emperor, Constantinople mint Obv: his diademed and robed bust Rev: angel advancing, carrying wreath (of the victorius) and globus cruciger VF, a number of thin scratches in obv and rev fields, slight bend.................... $347
1640-1654 billon (low grade silver) solidus from Riga, in old Livonia on the Baltic Sea, occupied by Sweden during the reign of Queen Christina. She was one of the world’s most famous coin collectors. After being expelled from power she lived in Rome and Brussels by selling off her collection piecemeal. Obv: crowned C with Vasa arms (sheaf of grain) inside Rev: crossed keys emblem of Riga. Unc, great silver look for these................................................. $97
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8 t h ,
2 0 1 4
New Purchases and Reduced Prices
100%
100%
294-283 BC brass 15 mm of Demetrios Poliorcetes, a successor of Alexander struggling to carve out his own empire Obv: bust of Demetrios wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with bull’s horn Rev: prow of war galley VF, dark, slightly rough patina............... $127
474-491 AD gold solidus of the eastern Roman emperor Zeno Obv: his helmeted, armoured and cuirassed bust facing, spear over shoulder Rev: 100% angel standing, holding long jeweled cross, star in 41-54 AD bronze as of Claudius Obv: his bare field to right, Constantinople mint Ch Abt Unc very headed bust in superb first century Roman style faint scratches in obv fields......................... $877 Rev: Libertas standing. Nice gently smoothed patina, VF+/VF.............................................. $1277 Another As of Claudius Rev: Minerva advancing with shield while raising spear to throw, Fine, irregular patina............................................................ $197
27%
1200-1000 BC iron age Israel terra cotta oil lamp choice condition, copy of Israeli export papers and Jonathan K Kern COA................................. $187
25%
400-800 AD terracotta oil lamp of the late Roman and Byzantine era, a popular “slipper” shape with simple decorations, encrusted and dirty but nice 81-96 AD silver denarius of Domitian, last of the shape $87 with Jonathan K Kern COA Twelve Caesars, and during whose reign the Gospels 100% were probably written Obv: his laureate bust Rev: 288-281 BC silver tetradrachm of Lysimachus, Minerva standing, holding thunderbolt and spear treasurer of Alexander the Great, and successor NGC VF “Money of the Bible” holder.......... $197 of Alexander ruling in Thrace and Asia Minor, Cius mint in Bithynia Obv: diademed and horned bust of Alexander the Great Rev: Athena armoured, enthroned and holding Nike and spear, shield below elbow EF+......................................... $2177 100%
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420-405 BC bronze tetras from Gela, a Greek colony on the island of Sicily Obv: bull butting left in fine style, 4 pellets beneath Rev: young horned head of river god Gelas EF dark patina.................. $577
100%
100%
390-350 BC bronze trias from the Greek colony of Aitna, on the slopes of Mt Aetna, in the island of Sicily Obv: wreathed female goddess, possibly Demeter Rev: rearing horse. Patinated VF, very rare................................................................ $977
100%
99 AD silver denarius of Trajan, Roman emperor 1469-1504 silver 4 reales (silver dollar sized) of over the largest geographical extent of the empire Ferdinand and Isabella, Seville mint Obv: coat of Obv: his laureate bust Rev: Pax standing, holding arms Rev: bundle of arrows, yoke NGC AU 55 $5977 100% branch and cornucopiae NGC MS $1977. For a 200-100 BC bronze of the Greek island of Melos, common ruler his coinages are very underrated where the famous “Venus de Milo” marble in mint state. sculpture was excavated and taken to the Lourve in Paris. Obv: helmeted soldier Rev: Pomegranate on stem with leaves F/VF............................ $147
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336-323 BC or slightly later silver drachm in the name of Alexander the Great Obv: bust of Hercules “the boxer” with spectacular broken nose Rev: Zeus enthroned, K in left field, phi below throne EF nice old toning............................ $347
330-340 AD anonymous bronze follis Roman city 100% celebration Obv: helmeted and armoured bust of 100% the city goddess Roma Rev: Romulus and Remus 1574 silver ecu from Brabant, as Spanish possession 120-63 BC brass 21 mm of Mithradates 6th of suckling on the she Wolf choice abt unc... $137 Obv: fancy bust of Philip II of Spain Rev: coat of Pontus, the Roman Republic’s worst nightmare. about unc, irregular flan or striking.............. $87 arms, Antwerp mint NGC VF 30 nice toning, Said It took 4 wars to defeat him. Obv: bust of Mars, Fine............................................................... $37 to have been found while soldiers were digging helmeted Rev: sword in scabbard, AMISOS, trenches in World War I............................. $377 capital city of Pontus, other monograms superb Patina EF/VF $277. Best I have seen out of thousands of these.
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336-323 BC brass 18 mm of Alexander the Great Obv: Hercules in lion’s skin headdress Rev: bow and quiver to right of Alexander’s name, club and bunch of grapes to left. EF superb black and light green patina................................................. $267 14%
The most complete and accurate presentation of the famous Biblical Widow’s Mites. Our 2 coin, color, fold over card opens to 11 by 8½ inches and gives a full discussion of the ancient Judaean coins struck 100 BC to 29 AD mentioned in the New Testament. The 2 coins sell as a pair with the 100% history folder, certificate of authenticity and JK Kern 302-228 BC silver stater from Taras, a Greek colony Co guarantee. Two coins in poor to good:. $19 in southern Italy Obv: naked warrior on horseback Two coins in very good to fine:................... $39 Rev: Taras, trident over shoulder, riding dolphin Two coins in very fine:.................................. $77 leaping over the waves EF gently cleaned. $977
Julian II, “the Apostate” because he reverted to paganism from Christianity. He was the last pagan emperor of Rome. 360-365 AD Obv: his bearded, helmeted, armoured bust, holding spear and shield 100% used while Augustus Rev: Vows for years X and XX 1586 silver quarter patagon from Flanders in the time in wreath, Sirmium mint Unc, choice brown Spanish Netherlands. Obv: fancy bust of Philip II of surfaces........................................................ $477 Spain. Rev: coat of arms. Said to have been found Abt Unc, razor sharp.................................... $287 while soldiers were digging trenches in World EF choice brown surfaces........................... $227 War I . NGC VF, scratches (many light ones in obv Net VF, slightly off center, green patina....... $177 fields, nice toning )....................................... $177 Ch VG-F........................................................ $77 Another Julian II, same designs, but Alexandria mint, NGC Fine, sand patina PQ................. $197
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35%
40BC-95AD terra cotta oil lamp from the Herodian Another silver stater from Taras, Taras holding era in the Holy Land Israeli export paper copy and wreath, slightly off center VF....................... $487 Jonathan K Kern COA................................. $177
450-457 AD gold third solidus, or tremissis of Marcian, eastern Roman emperor, Constantinople mint Obv: his diademed and robed bust Rev: angel advancing, carrying wreath (of the victorius) and globus cruciger VF, a number of thin scratches in obv and rev fields, slight bend.................... $347
1640-1654 billon (low grade silver) solidus from Riga, in old Livonia on the Baltic Sea, occupied by Sweden during the reign of Queen Christina. She was one of the world’s most famous coin collectors. After being expelled from power she lived in Rome and Brussels by selling off her collection piecemeal. Obv: crowned C with Vasa arms (sheaf of grain) inside Rev: crossed keys emblem of Riga. Unc, great silver look for these................................................. $97
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