Crystals of the silver(I) thioaurate(I), AgAuS, were obtained by fusing the elements in stoichiometric amounts. The X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the synthesized phase AgAuS represents a new structural type. The unit cell parameters are a = 13.4235(3), c = 9.0873(4) Å, V = 1418.07(6) Å 3 and Z = 24, and the space group is R3 ¯m. The sublattice of sulfur atoms has a strongly distorted body-centered cubic packing. All Au atoms are in a typical linear coordination with sulfur ones. Three-quarters of the silver atoms are surrounded by distorted tetrahedra of sulfur atoms, while the rest of the silver atoms are involved in a linear motif typical of Au atoms as well. The resulting motif is composed of four-fold interpenetrating networks of linearly coordinated metals with 2-and 4-connected sulfur atoms: [Au 8 [2] Ag 2 [2] S 6(2) S 2]. The formula of AgAuS can be represented as Ag 24[4][Au 8 [2] Ag 2 [2] S 8 ] 4 . The features of the AgAuS structure suggest the possibility of wide variation in the Au : Ag ratio.