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Decorated with unusual sheet bronze wings or ears and a high gabled brow with incised wavy lines to representing hair. Similar helmets have been found in South Italic tombs.

Helmet: h. 27.7 cm Wings: h.11 cm

Italic, 5th-4th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex Axel Guttmann Collection (AG 569/H 206), Berlin, Germany
Acquired at Hermann Historica, Auction 60: "Antiquities including from the Axel Guttmann Collection", Munich, 13th October 2010, lot 2145

Publications

Hermann Historica, Auction 60, 13th October 2010, lot 2145
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 215, fig. 99
R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets : A Complete Guide and Catalogue, New York, 2019, pp. 492 and 496
K.A. Kazek, Chasseurs & Gladiateurs : L'épopée des héros de l'arène, Éditions Heimdal, 2019, p. 16

Exhibitions

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

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Bronze Samno-Attic Helmet

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