Signed by the artists “A” and “K”

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1034. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AV 100 Litrai – Double Dekadrachm (5.78 g, 3h). Signed by the artists “A” and “K”. Struck circa 400-370 BC. Head of Arethusa left, hair in sakkos adorned with a star, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; ΣYP[AKOΣIΩN] before; A and K behind / Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean Lion. Bérend Group IV, 26 (D15/R15); SNG ANS 331; SNG München 1089; Pozzi 606; Weber 1609; McClean 2730; Hirsch 589 (all from the same dies). VF, die rust.

Two artists, signing "A" and "K" worked concurrently with Euainetos at Syracuse. This obverse die is known in an earlier die state (Bérend 23) with "A"'s signature only. After some period of use the die was re-cut by "K", who added his signature to it.