SICILY, Piakos. Circa 420-400 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (15.5mm, 2.67 g, 12h). Dies by the Maestro della Foglia (Master of the Leaf). Good VF.

Electronic Auction 575
Lot: 28.
Closing Date: Nov 20 2024 10:00 ET

Greek, 12h, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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SICILY, Piakos. Circa 420-400 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (15.5mm, 2.67 g, 12h). Dies by the Maestro della Foglia (Master of the Leaf). Horned and wreathed head of river-god left; three pellets (mark of value) to left / Hound attacking stag right; barley grain to left. Boehringer, Frühen, p. 165, 1–6 var. (unlisted obv. die); Campana 2; CNS 2; HGC 2, 1101. Dark red-brown surfaces, with a few patches of green. Good VF.

Ex Nomos Obolos 15 (24 May 2020), lot 55.

The similarity and refinement of style with the celebrated maestro della foglia Apollo-head issues of Katane (cf. SNG ANS 1254-6), which depict the Olympian as a mature young man with a sullen expression, led to the speculation by Rizzo, with which Jenkins concurred, that the same ‘artist of the leaf’ was responsible for both issues. This stylistic link provides the only chronological evidence for this issue.

Closing Date and Time: 20 November 2024 at 10:09:00 ET.

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