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SICILY, Piakos. Circa 420-400 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (16mm, 3.74 g, 5h). 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 green-brown patina, patch of red-brown at edge. VF.
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.
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.