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With a central peak and a band around the body. The Ligures inhabited what now corresponds to: Liguria, northern Tuscany, Piedmont, part of Emilia-Romagna, part of Lombardy, and parts of southeastern France. They were assimilated by the Gauls, producing a Celto-Ligurian culture and then by the Romans in the 2nd century BC.

h. 14.2 cm

c. 2nd century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex French collection, France
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Robert & Baille Sale, Drouot, Paris, 28th November 2008, lot 123
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009, RBP0801

Publications

Robert & Baille Sale, Drouot, Paris, 2008, lot 123
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 240, fig. 11

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Bronze Celto-Ligurian Helmet of Montefortino Type

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