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ITALO-CORINTHIAN BRONZE HELMET OF THE MIGLIONICO BASILICATA TYPE

With broad pseudo-pteryges, arching brows over eye slits and central nose, and a crest holder rising from the crown.
Pub: H.Born/M.Junkelmann, Romische Kampfund Turnierrustungen, Alex Guttmann Collection, volume 6, Berlin/Mainz 1997, p.97 ff, fig. 73-76 and p.153 ff, plate XVII-XX and fig.108.

For a similar example now in the Museo Ridola, see Pflug, Antike Helme, 45-46, p. 99.

Ex Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin.

Earlier 5th Century BC

H.9 3/8 in. (24 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2004, no. 58
Ancient Arms, Armor, no. 16

HMY04
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