Signed by Kimon

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 62. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Æ Hemilitron (3.65 g, 12h). Obverse die signed by the artist Kim(on). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone; KI[M] behind (barely visible) / Wheel of four spokes; dolphins in lower quarters. Cf. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. III, 25; CNS 19 fr 1; Favorito type 75 (c. 425-420 BC); SNG ANS -; E. Favorito, “The Signed Bronzes of Syracuse,” The Celator 10, 7 (July 1996), fig. 3 (this coin). VF, black patina, a little rough. Rare.