Signed By The Artist Ai...

169, Lot: 7. Estimate $300. Sold for $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.57 g). Signed by the artist Ai.... Eagle standing left on olive branch; AI below / Tripod; D in right field. HN Italy 2172; SNG ANS 366 (same dies). VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 100.

Several obverse dies and at least one reverse die of this period are signed with the small letters AI. This seems likely to be one of the few artist-signed coins in the Kroton series.