Maestro della Foglia

389, Lot: 34. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Katane. Circa 435-412 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.13 g, 5h). Dies by the Maestro della Foglia. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; winged thunderbolt in exergue / Laureate head of Apollo left; olive leaf to lower right. Cf. Mirone 46; HGC 2, 570 corr. (exergue symbol not noted; same obv. die as illustration). Near VF, toned, compact flan, area of flat strike.

From the JMG Collection, purchased from Wayne G. Sayles, March 1999.