Signed by the "Maestro della foglia"

327, Lot: 446. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Katane. Circa 435-412 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.62 g, 1h). Reverse die signed by the "Maestro della foglia". Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Laureate head of Apollo right; laurel leaf and berries to right. Mirone 51; HGC 2, 569 (same dies as illustration). Good Fine, toned, porous.

From the Continental Collection.

This coin was struck with a reverse die engraved by an artist who was identified as "the Leaf Master" by Rizzo because of his use of leaves (laurel, plane and others) as a form of signature.