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Heavy skull, large eye cut-outs, a protruding, strong nasal, short neck-guard, and small cut-outs on the sides. Side cut-outs beneath the holes for the chinstraps. Lining holes along the perimeter, those around the face cut-outs filled with round-headed bronze pins, as well traces there of the former lining or a decorative bordering.

h. 20.5 cm

6th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex Axel Guttmann collection (AG 510), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld in 1989
Acquired at Hermann Historica Sale 58, Munich, 7th October 2009, lot 168

Publications

Hermann Historica, Auction 58, 11th April 2008, lot 168
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 199, fig. 51
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets : A Complete Guide and Catalogue, 2019-01-01, p. 395

Exhibitions

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

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Greek Bronze Helmet of Corinthian Type

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