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Bronze skull section of a cavalry helmet of the Pfonhofen type configured for the inclusion of a face mask, decorated with feather ornaments, the central crest terminates in a female protome – perhaps the goddess Minerva – flanked by rearing lions in splendid relief.

h. 28 x w. 21.5 x ø 23 cm

AD 175-225

Bronze

Provenance

Ex Axel Guttmann collection
Hermann Historica, Auction 49, Munich, 19th October 2005, lot 177
Acquired at Hermann Historica, Auction 60, Munich, 13th October 2010, lot 2183

Publications

M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme, Axel Guttmann collection, Berlin/Mainz, Germany, 2000, vol. 8, pp. 190-193, fig. 103-105, no. XXII
Hermann Historica, Auction 49, Munich, 19th October 2005, lot 177
Hermann Historica, Auction 60, Munich, 13th October 2010, lot 2183
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 258, fig. 58
"Roman Military Equipment", Roman Coins (online), , [on-line] available at: http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Facemasks.html
M. Merrony, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins. La Collection Famille Levett, France, 2012, p. 71
K. Schörle (ed.), L’armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire, Musée départemental Arles antique, France, 2018, pp. 61 and 81, no. 38
"The Power and the Glory" in J. Coulston (ed.), Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology Magazine, March/April 2019, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 16, no. 4

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
L’armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire, Musée de départemental de l’Arles antique, Arles, France, 15th December 2018 — 22nd April 2019

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Roman Bronze Helmet

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